Hey all,
After going down a bit of a rabbit hole researching this, wanted to get some thoughts from the brains trust here.
We're booked on QF8417 SYD→DXB on 3 July, connecting QF8073 DXB→CDG on 4 July, then returning QF8078 NCE→DXB on 29 July and QF8414 DXB→SYD on 30 July. All economy, all QF-coded on Emirates metal, booked through Qantas.
Flights haven't been formally cancelled, but i'm not feeling great about waiting until it's cancelled just before. Also aware its a codeshare so want to hedge against a last-minute communication mixup. We're weighing up whether to sit tight or act.
A few things giving us pause:
Also keen to hear if anyone has successfully used the Smartraveller argument to get a proactive fee-free change on uncancelled July flights since everything I've found here so far seems to be people who waited for the formal cancellation first.
Cheers
After going down a bit of a rabbit hole researching this, wanted to get some thoughts from the brains trust here.
We're booked on QF8417 SYD→DXB on 3 July, connecting QF8073 DXB→CDG on 4 July, then returning QF8078 NCE→DXB on 29 July and QF8414 DXB→SYD on 30 July. All economy, all QF-coded on Emirates metal, booked through Qantas.
Flights haven't been formally cancelled, but i'm not feeling great about waiting until it's cancelled just before. Also aware its a codeshare so want to hedge against a last-minute communication mixup. We're weighing up whether to sit tight or act.
A few things giving us pause:
- Smartraveller's "do not travel" advice covers UAE transits, and Qantas has published this on their own travel updates page, feels like that should give us some grounds for a fee-free change even without a formal cancellation trigger?
- The current Qantas waiver for codeshare flights only covers travel up to 30 June but our entire trip is in July so we fall completely outside it as it stands
- We'd ideally stay on QF metal or at least keep travel oneworld the return from Nice (NCE) is the tricky bit as there's no direct Asian hub option from there
Also keen to hear if anyone has successfully used the Smartraveller argument to get a proactive fee-free change on uncancelled July flights since everything I've found here so far seems to be people who waited for the formal cancellation first.
Cheers
