The Qantas Newbie Questions Thread

[elanshin]

Yeah I've got more than enough points to cover any change fees, thanks for the advice.
I did find there was routing via Malaysia quite often as well so throw that into your mix potentially? We're doing a layover in Singapore for a few days purely for this reason.

KUL, HKG, SIN can all be solid stopover points even MNL (although you'll need to connect onto Jetstar Japan). HKG however tends to be the most efficient due to its position and connectivity on Cathay (and that they fly to more than just Tokyo).

Theres also weird married segments with JL that show say a KUL - SIN - HND flight but not the SIN - HND so be aware of that.

I most certainly have considered doing MEL - SIN - KUL - SIN - HND all in one day before.

 

[Oscarq]

Is this new? Just got handed this for a snack on mel - Syd. Pretty sure my last flight down late August was still cheese and crackers.

PS. Tastes alright but not spicy.
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Noticed the pleasant increase with snack options by QF internationally to USA the other day.

 

[Ninetails23]

Hi guys, hoping I’m posting this in the right thread.

Am trying to book flights from Sydney to Haneda, JP in May 2026. The only available business class flights that I could find with points were Jetstar which I would rather avoid. Looking at historic availability with Flightseats.Io it seems that there is almost no available flights between 250-100 days out and we are currently at 240ish days.

My question is, should I just wait until 100ish days out and pay for premium Flightseats alerts etc to try and snag our business class flights? Should I just book economy and try to get upgraded? Should I book flight to alternative country ie Korea, Taiwan if I can get business seats and then make our way from there?

 

[markis10]

Am trying to book flights from Sydney to Haneda, JP in May 2026

Qantas have some flight changes in the works for HND, you need to wait until they work out what they are doing, it’s been a long drawn out process.

 

[Ninetails23]

Qantas have some flight changes in the works for HND, you need to wait until they work out what they are doing, it’s been a long drawn out process.

Thank you, will keep my eyes out for this.