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.

 

[lovestotravel]

So I jumped into my Aeroplan account

Same availability as QF on MEL-DXB nothing after Early March
Full availability DXB-MLE (Male) in J and F

Seems to be a few issues bubbling away then I guess

I'd do more searches but Aeroplan is sooooooooooooo slow like 30 seconds per search

 

[k1s3k1]

did some testing like people above suggested
Perth - Brussels, 2 people
Although showing economy only, if you click on it, it shows DXB-BRU will be in F (2 seats available)
Likewise with the other dates, DXB-BRU available for 2 people in F.





but as soon as you separate the flights into multi city search, those F seats are gone and even when you click them, they will show only J seats. No F seats.

 

[robolb]

I believe the seats are there but you need to have a married AU leg attached to it

Tried that. SYD-DXB-MAD.

But the two sectors don't align. Something like 10 mins between them!

An earlier SYD departure would work fine, but not showing. i.e. You can't married legs.

 

[am0985]

I'm not sure what you are expecting?

Emirates is the one who controls the reward seat releases & what availability partners have in this case.

If they are restricting seats Qantas isn't going to come out and explicitly say that - it's negative publicity for the QFF program.

It'd be a weird way to restrict it though. The seats are available, just not in certain combinations.

Still seems to be a booking engine issue.