Hi all, another question about the multi-city tool: I have two possible itineraries to fly Toronto-Melbourne in economy. Both fall into the 9,601-15,000 mile band, which I thought looking at the Qantas partner award table would price at 75k points, but Qantas tell me that's not the case if you use multiple carriers.
One itinerary is YYZ-LHR with BA and then LHR-MEL with QF - pricing at 88k points.
Another option is YYZ-HKG with CX and then HKG-MEL with QF - pricing at 84k points.
Qantas tell me these pricings are correct. They say: "75k points is for a single partner carrier all the way. eg, BA for both segments, or CX for both segments. Anytime you transfer onto another partner the number of points required for a trip increases."
This certainly isn't clear looking at the partner award table (
Frequent Flyer - Flying Qantas and Partner Airlines - Flying with Qantas and Jetstar - Using Qantas Points ) but then again I haven't tried to make a booking like this before.
Would appreciate any advice or comments before I go back again to Qantas!