Qf11 syd-lax-jfk

[Hammando]

I made a frequent flyer booking for my wife tonight in on QF11.

I was able to get her F for the SYD LAX leg, but only Y was available LAX to JFK.

However when I did a search for BNE to JFK it shows J availability on the QF11 LAX to JFK, but the call centre staff said I couldn't book her in J for the second leg as it was a different cache and not bookable from Sydney.

She contradicted herself a couple of time while I spoke with her thought and didn't sound confident that she was correct.

Just wanted to check the AFF wisdom if she was correct?

Thanks

 

[Danger]

I didn't think QF11 went through to JFK, only QF107 did.

Anyway, it does seem a little odd. Perhaps you could try getting on one of the multiple daily AA three class LAX-JFK flights.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I didn't think QF11 went through to JFK, only QF107 did.

Anyway, it does seem a little odd. Perhaps you could try getting on one of the multiple daily AA three class LAX-JFK flights.

QF11 operates SYD/LAX/JFK however the A380 only ever does the SYD/LAX sector with the 744 that ops QF15 BNE/LAX doing the LAX/JFK leg with a new crew.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I have zero knowledge of QF land but inability to 'marry' what appear as 'available' sectors for differing routes regular occurrence with SQ - award inventory is a very complex beast with knowledge of nuts and bolts possessed only by a small number of very weird back end guys known as yield management team - lord knows how they operate.

 

[Kefci2000]

May have something to do with the fact that QF can only sell the LAX-JFK with an inward connecting flight (stopover permitted)

Although that does not explain why you could book Y in the first place and not J.
But maybe explains why they won't sell the J separately??

 

[Himeno]

I didn't think QF11 went through to JFK, only QF107 did.

Anyway, it does seem a little odd. Perhaps you could try getting on one of the multiple daily AA three class LAX-JFK flights.

QF107 went all the way through to JFK, most of the time as the same 747 from SYD, though there was a period where the LAX-JFK-LAX leg used a A330 that routed SYD-AKL-LAX-JFK-LAX-AKL-SYD with a different flight number for each leg (eg 141/25/107/108/26/144). When the AKL-LAX flight was dropped, it returned to using the 747 from SYD which later changed flight numbers to 17/18.
When the 2nd SYD flight started being reduced, and later dropped to restart SFO flights, the aircraft used for the US transcon came from the BNE flights.
QF11/12 is now a A380 between SYD and LAX (with a 747 on tuesdays) with a 747 used for the transcon to JFK. The 747 normally operates to/from AU as QF15/16, though on mon, tues and wed, it might use the 2nd 747 flying to LAX instead (Mon/Wed extra MEL-LAX QF95/96, Tue QF11/12 747 instead of A380).

 

[j30max]

cool, 2 aircraft, 2 legs, same flight number, so usually how heavy is the passenger load from LAX to JFK if the flights are only sold as an inward connecting flight (stopover permitted)?