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.

 

[RealtimeY]

@AFF Editor Any chance you are able to get some clarity on whether or not a fix on the way for the disappearance of EK F seats since the move of EK to the QF redemption table?

 

[SYD]

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.

If you can see an EK flight via the MC tool then you ought to be able to call and book it (subject to married segment restrictions). I’m guessing, but if there’s >24 hrs between the first sector and the EK flight, it should be bookable as a standalone flight? eg

 

[iamsuperandrew]

But “all” flights didn’t disappear. There’s still lots of seats this side of Christmas. The stuff post March 2026 seems to be the big issue.

Those flight were basically already there from memory

 

[SYD]

Those flight were basically already there from memory

Yes, that’s what I said. They weren’t pulled (by EK) or blocked (by QF) but as reported several times by @lovestotravel, new seats stopped getting loaded from whatever date late March 2026 seats should have appeared and that was before the August devaluation/EK table switcharoo. So all still a bit of a mystery.

As an aside, I meant to mention that that Maltese flight posted above had low EK fuel fines attached. From memory about £50 all up.

 

[dajop]

new seats stopped getting loading from whatever date late March 2026 seats should have appeared l

When I hear or read anything airline booking related that mentions late March it seems to be something to do with change from Northern Winter to Northern Summer timetable which happens then. Or could be a coincidence.

 

[SYD]

When I hear or read anything airline booking related that mentions late March it seems to be something to do with change from Northern Winter to Northern Summer timetable which happens then. Or could be a coincidence.

Except there should be seats ex Oz out thru July 2026 now. But zip. Only SYD-CHC (oh, and some very random dates - which makes it even weirder).

Elsewhere there are EK flights in whY and J eg my example a couple posts up is May 2026 but not ex / to Oz.

 

[Noah Count]

How are they “saving” money?

They consciously just moved EK to the more favourable QF partner redemption table - they could have just left it where it was.

@SYD EK was previously on the QF tables, at some point during Covid (2020?) EK was moved to the partner tables. The shift back is just going back to how things were in the past.