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.

 

[badbed]

It’s because Qantas moved Emirates from Partner table to Qantas table yesterday. Apparently these two tables have different rules to release classic rewards seat. Qantas has confirmed they are working on it and trying to get it restored.

 

[k1s3k1]

It’s because Qantas moved Emirates from Partner table to Qantas table yesterday. Apparently these two tables have different rules to release classic rewards seat. Qantas has confirmed they are working on it and trying to get it restored.

strange that J reward seats are not affected though?

did you get in touch with Qantas?

 

[SYD]

I'm still seeing EK F seats on Aeroplan up to 20 June, so it appears that specifically QFF access to these seats has been yanked.

I can see some EK F MEL-DXB.

 

[k1s3k1]

I can see some EK F MEL-DXB.

Existing australia to dxb flights don't seem to be affected

 

[lovestotravel]

I can see some EK F MEL-DXB.

Yes F is back but nothing for March onwards still

Post automatically merged: Wednesday at 7:15 PM

DXB to MLE still nothing.

 

[k1s3k1]

Yes F is back but nothing for March onwards still

Post automatically merged: Wednesday at 7:15 PM

DXB to MLE still nothing.

Don't think it's been fixed yet. Most Europe to/from Dubai flights still no F availabilities even in June 2026. Still broken somewhere.
Hopefully Qantas fixes this soon.

 

[SYD]

Don't think it's been fixed yet. Most Europe to/from Dubai flights still no F availabilities even in June 2026. Still broken somewhere.
Hopefully Qantas fixes this soon.

Hopefully a different team looking at MU (or lack thereof). Still MIA for over 6 mths….

 

[badbed]

strange that J reward seats are not affected though?

did you get in touch with Qantas?

I did, and was told this matter has been escalated to their IT and Frequent Flyer teams for investigation. The flights, which are not affected, are the ones that have sharecode with Qantas. It's all because they simply moved table and didn't set up Emirates properly. As result, all the F class reward seats and the flights without QF sharecode are no longer appearing in the Classic Flight Reward search results.

Submitting an online complaint form might pressure them to resolve the issue more quickly.

 

[coltsfan2000]

Very helpful--thank you. Does anyone know what time of day EK usually releases F awards to QF? (Feel free to DM me.)

 

[lovestotravel]

It’s because Qantas moved Emirates from Partner table to Qantas table yesterday. Apparently these two tables have different rules to release classic rewards seat. Qantas has confirmed they are working on it and trying to get it restored.

I'm not sure I believe that sadly as the issue seems more widespread..

I did, and was told this matter has been escalated to their IT and Frequent Flyer teams for investigation. The flights, which are not affected, are the ones that have sharecode with Qantas. It's all because they simply moved table and didn't set up Emirates properly. As result, all the F class reward seats and the flights without QF sharecode are no longer appearing in the Classic Flight Reward search results.

Submitting an online complaint form might pressure them to resolve the issue more quickly.

If you get past the AI, or we cannot search availabilities here for you, and availability is subject to EK etc etc.

 

[robolb]

Definitely something going on with EK and the lack of Classic reward seats Oz-DXB.
None in the 400k seat release.

It looks like an attempt to "burn" points reducing the points debt, through the use of "points planes". Rather like forcing people to take some annual leave to reduce the liability on a business. See the video:

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-frequent-flyer-releases-400000-more-reward-seats-with-points-planes-ready-for-take-off-to-paris-and-los-angeles/

 

[SYD]

Definitely something going on with EK and the lack of Classid reward seats Oz-DXB.
None in the 400k set release.

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-frequent-flyer-releases-400000-more-reward-seats-with-points-planes-ready-for-take-off-to-paris-and-los-angeles/

QF can’t release additional EK seats (not theirs to release).

Yes, they could have been deliberately holding back but if those seats had been taken in the meantime then they’re gone. Not sure why QFF wouldn’t want peeps to have used their points on EK before 05 July (when it cost more points)….?

 

[lovestotravel]

Definitely something going on with EK and the lack of Classic reward seats Oz-DXB.
None in the 400k seat release.

It looks like an attempt to "burn" points reducing the points debt, through the use of "points planes". Rather like forcing people to take some annual leave to reduce the liability on a business. See the video:

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-frequent-flyer-releases-400000-more-reward-seats-with-points-planes-ready-for-take-off-to-paris-and-los-angeles/

While I agree, and have been saying there is something up with EK from AU to DXB they wouldn't be on the 400k points planes as it's not QF metal

Plus those points planes are kinda useless as you end up with a one way seat and can't get back on QF. However I did get one last year PER-LHR on QF and had to return on SQ

Anyways at least ADL-DXB is working now, as long as you want Y class...........

 

[k1s3k1]

I did, and was told this matter has been escalated to their IT and Frequent Flyer teams for investigation. The flights, which are not affected, are the ones that have sharecode with Qantas. It's all because they simply moved table and didn't set up Emirates properly. As result, all the F class reward seats and the flights without QF sharecode are no longer appearing in the Classic Flight Reward search results.

Submitting an online complaint form might pressure them to resolve the issue more quickly.

Looks like still not fixed yet today. Still not seeing the many missing F class reward seats.

 

[lovestotravel]

Looks like still not fixed yet today. Still not seeing the many missing F class reward seats.

Yeah I doubt it will get fixed, it's been enhanced

 

[k1s3k1]

Yeah I doubt it will get fixed, it's been enhanced

Well as per badbed, Qantas knows about the issue and is working on a fix. I want to believe that this is the case.

 

[SYD]

Yeah I doubt it will get fixed, it's been enhanced

Have you tried calling up - as mentioned earlier?

 

[lovestotravel]

Have you tried calling up - as mentioned earlier?

Not yet - As my dates are just outside where you can currently book which is about mid June. I still have a month to go as I'm looking at mid July out of Australia.

Seems DXB-SYD is also fixed with Y seats everyday.... but F and J no-where to be seen