Qantas voucher expiry date

[Travelqueen]

Hi everyone,

I've got a voucher still to use that I bought last year. It states expiry dec 27th 2013.

does this mean that I have to use it by then, or could I book a flight before then, but actually fly, say dec 30th?

thanks in advance

TQ

 

[TomVexille]

I think you just have to make a booking with it by that date. At least that's how I read the Terms and Conditions.

• Amounts are in Australian dollars and are valid for bookings made on or before the expiry date stated on your voucher.

I'd suggest you could book a flight for late next year, as long as you do so before the 28th.

 

[penegal]

You just need to make the booking before the expiry date.

The PNR is then subject to the fare rules of the new booking.

 

[JohnK]

Gift voucher? You should be able to use the voucher up until expiry date booking flights ~12 months in advance. Don't leave it too late.

 

[Pushka]

I have a gift voucher but the flights offered when I try to redeem it are much more expensive (or at inconvenient times) than if I made a new booking. And then there's the redemption fee. It won't get used.

 

[fersea]

I have a gift voucher but the flights offered when I try to redeem it are much more expensive (or at inconvenient times) than if I made a new booking. And then there's the redemption fee. It won't get used.

I think there is some confusion in various posts about the difference between a credit from a cancelled flight and a gift voucher. The other day my girlfriend and I booked to go to Melb. She had a credit from a cancelled flight and lost $77 of it in change fees. My flights were $198 so I bought a $200 gift voucher to get the 2000 points bonus and then booked the flight. There was no redemption fee, in fact it stated I will get a new voucher for the remaining $2!!

 

[JohnK]

I have a gift voucher but the flights offered when I try to redeem it are much more expensive (or at inconvenient times) than if I made a new booking. And then there's the redemption fee. It won't get used.

That does not sound like a gift voucher. There are no redemption fees on gift vouchers.

 

[Pushka]

Yep. You're right. I was thinking of a voucher not a gift voucher. Too hot here to think straight. 9pm and still 35C. No sleep tonight.