So I'm trying to book a trip for May/June this year to the Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia) followed by the Balkans (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia). Flights between the regions are going to be on Ukrainian or Aeroflot and thats another adventure altogether.
Thus I'm looking at an open jaw/multicity booking ex-CBR. I can see Qatar can get me to the Caucasus and back home again from any number of places, but I've chosen Copenhagen to do a quick trip to Legoland in Billund at the end. Thats great and the fare is cheap, but of course no FF points or SC's. I kind of rely on these overseas trips each year to at least try and retain my status which is Gold this year, but looks like I'll drop to Silver in August.
So I thought I'd see what I could book on QF emirates codeshares. Search engines give me quite a few results and online dodgy agents can sell me a fare for CBR-DXB and CPH-CBR for around the same as the QR fare CBR-DOH and CPH-CBR, but trying to book it on the QF website gives me no results. Asked the Qantas webchat and he said no, can't be booked, but that answer came back in less than aminute. I've extracted the flights out of ITA Matrix webpage.
So what would be the best way to tackle this. Give them to Qantas over the phone and ask them to book it?
Or do I just use a travel agent? Booking Qatar in a points earning class is still reasonable value and another $700 more though.
Thus I'm looking at an open jaw/multicity booking ex-CBR. I can see Qatar can get me to the Caucasus and back home again from any number of places, but I've chosen Copenhagen to do a quick trip to Legoland in Billund at the end. Thats great and the fare is cheap, but of course no FF points or SC's. I kind of rely on these overseas trips each year to at least try and retain my status which is Gold this year, but looks like I'll drop to Silver in August.
So I thought I'd see what I could book on QF emirates codeshares. Search engines give me quite a few results and online dodgy agents can sell me a fare for CBR-DXB and CPH-CBR for around the same as the QR fare CBR-DOH and CPH-CBR, but trying to book it on the QF website gives me no results. Asked the Qantas webchat and he said no, can't be booked, but that answer came back in less than aminute. I've extracted the flights out of ITA Matrix webpage.
So what would be the best way to tackle this. Give them to Qantas over the phone and ask them to book it?
Or do I just use a travel agent? Booking Qatar in a points earning class is still reasonable value and another $700 more though.