The Qantas Newbie Questions Thread

[Princess Fiona]

A question regarding Qantas Gold Status. I am on silver at the moment. Hoping to get Gold status soon. With gold if I am flying economy on a Oneworld ticket - do I get access to Oneworld lounges overseas? Example I am planning on a Cathay flight from Hong Kong to Sydney - can i access the Cathay lounge in Hong Kong with Gold status on an economy/premium eco ticket

Thanks in advance

Yes you sure do. Flying One World on any cabin/ airline that is part of the alliance gets you Business Class lounge access as a One World Sapphire / QF Gold

 

[Mwenenzi]

Hello, where can I find the tax, surcharges, airport fee etc information on my QF e-ticket (or any airline e-ticket, really). ??

Put the QF 6 charcter PNR in UL SriLankan manage my booking. A few clicks will show the breakdown. --Price details, click on $
Some other airline MMBs using amadues do the same.

https://www.srilankan.com/en_uk/plan-and-book/manage-your-booking

 

[SYD]

Yes you sure do. Flying One World on any cabin/ airline that is part of the alliance gets you Business Class lounge access as a One World Sapphire / QF Gold

Plus some Emirates lounges!

Also, specific to HKG, QF have reopened their lounge. See the article for opening times.

A review of the reopened Qantas Hong Kong Lounge

Qantas’ Excellent Hong Kong Lounge is Back is an article written by the AFF editorial team: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/qantas-excellent-hong-kong-lounge/ You can leave a comment or discuss this topic below.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

In the past, with QF, a very long time ago now, I have had the breakdown of security charges, etc, on the etix, but not anymore.
Even google now won't list how much airlines charge use for the dom/int flight charges (levies and taxes).
We all know they do exist, but fining them, unless you know a travel agent, is hard.
GST we know is 10%, and the PMC is $60 to go up in Jul.
Dom airport security charge is about $4.50 or so, airport taxes will also be in flight fares.
Would be nice if its listed on the etix.
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Maybe:
Try this:

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/manage-booking/tax-invoice.html

O, its not there in the link above either, that one just shows full amount of fare and card payment fee, but doesnt show any further breakdown in regards to other taxes and levies.

 

[tdimdad]

Would anyone know how does a QF reward flight map against AY ticket types? I'm looking at a trip HEL-MUC as a QF reward but would that book into the AY light vs classic vs flex fare bucket?

 

[sqrt()]

Would anyone know how does a QF reward flight map against AY ticket types? I'm looking at a trip HEL-MUC as a QF reward but would that book into the AY light vs classic vs flex fare bucket?

It doesn't map to a particular AY booking class - it should show up as U for a business award redemption. You are getting the ticket from QF so AY's nickel and diming and "light"/classic/flex fares don't matter. The fare rules are set by QF, not AY.

You will get the checked bags QF says you will, lounge access, expedited HEL security etc.

 

[LostRedditor]

How often do Qantas do these big dumps of rewards seat like thy did back in March? Or was that a one-off type thing

 

[encryptededdy]

How often do Qantas do these big dumps of rewards seat like thy did back in March? Or was that a one-off type thing

Personally I suspect they were one-off PR things that they did in the light of other bad press.

Do note that reward seats do still get dropped when routes are changed or announced. For instance, with the recent Finnair Wet Lease announcement, there was reward seats made available on the new flights when they were loaded into the system (QF262 etc.)

 

[cbreeze]

I see this happen sometimes and I have no idea why it happens. Specifically for 8th June 2023 I see zero award or upgrade seats available for the evening (except for the last flight of the day - no thanks) for SYD-MEL.

Looking at “what’s on in Melbourne” I don’t see anything significant that would have caused demand that day. Is there something I’m missing for why Qantas would do that for almost an entire afternoon and evening?

PS I am QF Silver tier.

 

[aus_flyer]

8 June is not far away so it’s not surprising there are no seats still available on this route

 

[RichardMEL]

I see this happen sometimes and I have no idea why it happens. Specifically for 8th June 2023 I see zero award or upgrade seats available for the evening (except for the last flight of the day - no thanks) for SYD-MEL.

Looking at “what’s on in Melbourne” I don’t see anything significant that would have caused demand that day. Is there something I’m missing for why Qantas would do that for almost an entire afternoon and evening?

PS I am QF Silver tier.

Even as P1, I only see a Y reward seat on that last flight of the day.

However I'd comment that it's a Thursday evening on a prime business route. Yes, lots of flights but consider:

- business travel and work has changed and now many work from home Mon/Fri, so perhaps more are flying home on Thursdays from meetings or whatever because of this
- it's during the week so more demand
- QF thinks they can sell the seats
- looking at the paid cheapest Y fares showing for that evening from say 5pm on, they're all roughly double or more ($280-$331+ for a red-e) vs $149 on the last flight of the day (looking further, most of the day is this pricing, bar some flights up to 0800, which show at $149-$199) so that suggests the lower fare classes are already booked up-which would make sense being <2 weeks prior) which then explains the lack of CR avail. some may open up closer to the day, but I'm not sure I'd take that gamble - even on a route with so many flights when you'd think they would.

an option might be to grab the later CR seat(s) then look to change if avail opens up - potentially ask to fly forward on day of travel (I realise a change fee in points applies if one changed ahead of the day which probably makes it not worth it)

 

[flyingfan]

I needed to fly MEL-CBR last Sunday (parliament sitting) - there were zero reward seats available, and I was unsuccessful in getting any seats released. So I paid an arm and a leg to sit in Y. When I got on board, there were ample seats available (mainly middle). So QF won’t make reward seats available when it knows it can charge a premium.

 

[MonteCristo]

A question for the higher tier souls who might feel pity on a hapless Silver.

Are any of you seeing economy rewards seats for SYD-LHR in April 2024 yet?

Seeing heaps up until 22 March, but after that it's a drought - almost two months now up to 16 May.

 

[serfty]

Seeing heaps up until 22 March, but after that it's a drought - almost two months now up to 16 May.

I think you are hitting Easter and school holiday periods ... generally less or no availability is normal for such times.

 

[Flyfrequently]

8 June is not far away so it’s not surprising there are no seats still available on this route

Also leads into the "King's Birthday long weekend" - Monday is a public holiday here.

 

[Flyfrequently]

I see this happen sometimes and I have no idea why it happens. Specifically for 8th June 2023 I see zero award or upgrade seats available for the evening (except for the last flight of the day - no thanks) for SYD-MEL.

Looking at “what’s on in Melbourne” I don’t see anything significant that would have caused demand that day. Is there something I’m missing ...

@cbreeze Melbourne is the "land of the long weekend !"
Monday is a public holiday.

 

[MonteCristo]

I think you are hitting Easter and school holiday periods ... generally less or no availability is normal for such times.

Hoping not . Looking to travel 8 or 9 April, and NSW isn't in holidays yet, it's later in the holidays for the other states, and it's a Monday/Tuesday so hopefully less demand. There was availability that time April this year.

But you could well be right in any case. I would have thought they'd release seats by now (I've been looking basically daily), but higher tiers could have grabbed them first - even in economy.

 

[dairyfloss]

Hoping not . Looking to travel 8 or 9 April, and NSW isn't in holidays yet, it's later in the holidays for the other states, and it's a Monday/Tuesday so hopefully less demand. There was availability that time April this year.

But you could well be right in any case. I would have thought they'd release seats by now (I've been looking basically daily), but higher tiers could have grabbed them first - even in economy.

Yes - I'm afraid there's nothing showing up, even in economy, for anyone on any QF or partners for a reward seat outbound on those dates. I see a few options a week or so later in April (with China Airlines, mostly). It opens up later in the month, with a few from the 16th and then an option each day starting the 21st April.

A 'Newbie' tip for searching these and to see a broader range of dates is to use the 'Multi-city' booking option, rather than a one-way or return, but only enter the individual flights you need. Then you get to see a calendar of dates with the options by class of travel on one screen. For example - the periods I mentioned in this post (searching as QFF Platinum):

Mar 17 2024 to Apr 16 2024


Apr 15 to May 15 2024


Cheers,
Matt.

 

[jumpjam]

I have booked a Qantas classic reward flight from CBR to Oslo for trip this July. As a points club member does this mean I dont get any status credits as flights are showing as QR175 and QR989 and aren't "QF" branded?

 

[RichardMEL]

I have booked a Qantas classic reward flight from CBR to Oslo for trip this July. As a points club member does this mean I dont get any status credits as flights are showing as QR175 and QR989 and aren't "QF" branded?

Correct. On;ly on QF operated flights with a QF flight number - so CBR-SYD/MEL(wherever you connect to QR) would, but the rest shouldn't.