Qantas - Emirates Award flight Discussion

[MonteCristo]

Dumb question alert for the brains trust: Is it possible to make a standalone Qantas classic rewards booking with Emirates from Malta to Larnaca (Cyprus)? Either by calling Qantas, or somehow online.

I can't get Malta to appear as a destination unless I start with a multi-city first leg in Rome FCO, but the routing is bad (from Rome, to London, then on to Malta), and charges don't make it worth it.

 

[SYD]

QF needs to negotiate lower fuel surcharges with EK.

Aren’t they the same (outrageous) fees they charge their own FF?

Yet, AC/AP skips the fees? Although, I assume you can get F award seats with them anymore?

 

[lovestotravel]

Tried calling Qantas.

"If you are not flying in the next 24 hours call back" Helpful.

You won't get anywhere calling them no matter what!

 

[MELso]

Aren’t they the same (outrageous) fees they charge their own FF?

Yet, AC/AP skips the fees? Although, I assume you can get F award seats with them anymore?

AC Aeroplan charges several hundred thousand points more than Qantas for an award though. Think of it more as 'points plus pay'.

e.g. For MEL-DXB-SEA in F on 1 October, you can pay 227.5K points and ~$2.57k in carrier charges on QF, or 820.6K points and ~$A240 in carrier charges on AC. In other words, it's 593K more points to save just over $2300.