While I realise we still won't earn QFF SCs on Air France coded flights, we can now earn points and in my current circumstances that's about all that matters (I'm currently P1 with no realistic prospect of retaining P1).
This led me to look into AF for an upcoming trip to Europe. The cheapest option via QF (in J) on the dates I want is $7,571 for a Business Sale fare. With Air France, there is a J fare for $7,134 on the same dates, which as it happens includes QF-operated flights between MEL and SIN (not that this makes any difference from a points perspective).
What is really interesting though, is that the AF fares appear to be fully refundable - see screenshot below. They don't seem to have different types of J fare classes - it looks like the bog standard J fare is fully refundable. Does anyone have any experience with this? Am I missing something here? If correct, this is seriously good value, considering the cheapest fully refundable J fare with QF is more than $12k and as a rule fully refundable fares are prohibitively expensive.
This led me to look into AF for an upcoming trip to Europe. The cheapest option via QF (in J) on the dates I want is $7,571 for a Business Sale fare. With Air France, there is a J fare for $7,134 on the same dates, which as it happens includes QF-operated flights between MEL and SIN (not that this makes any difference from a points perspective).
What is really interesting though, is that the AF fares appear to be fully refundable - see screenshot below. They don't seem to have different types of J fare classes - it looks like the bog standard J fare is fully refundable. Does anyone have any experience with this? Am I missing something here? If correct, this is seriously good value, considering the cheapest fully refundable J fare with QF is more than $12k and as a rule fully refundable fares are prohibitively expensive.
