The Qantas Newbie Questions Thread

[Seat0B]

Maybe answered, but we went through JNB in November, and TBH I found it a bit confusing.
The QF flight details said departing Terminal B, and that was where we checked in.

We then found signage less than ideal to find our way to the security and immigration, which was on other side of the big central atrium, and (maybe) one level down.
Departure was from an "A" gate.
It is one continuous building so the split seems arbitrary.
We used the BA lounge after immigration, so I assume it was the "A" terminal.

thanks a lot @ayebee, that is helpful to understand and makes sense of some of the comments offered by others.

 

[Captain Halliday]

A newbie-esque query about understanding the likelihood of seat releases. I'm aiming to snag a couple in business on DFW-MEL and the loads are J9 C9 D9 I9 U0. Before I ring QF, is I9 a good sign or is it worth trying to see if some in U are released?

U is an award seat. If U was available you could just book it.

I is required for WP to request a release.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Hi All, looking to get a family of 4 to Vancouver and back from CNS ideally which is Fiji Airways, or happy to fly out of Sydney also. Looking at 4-10th Jan 2027. I have been playing around with dates and availability. Am I right in thinking there is a bit of a black out from mid dec to mid Jan usually on reward flights around this time?

I have 600,000 qantas points and happy with economy. I am set up with gyoza and flight alerts for this time frame.

Any tips? is it doable? Happy/keen to do a few nights in Fiji on the way back if we can make it work!

Jan will be tight, as its school holidays, + QF only flies one flight a day there, and the same plane back.
Ideally, I would go with CX via HKG.
600,000 is good, but for that tight Christmas/New Year/snow season/school holidays, it might be more so your status that might give you success in getting premY seats, if you are happy to pay eligible Y and put in points upgrade to premY.
If FJ releases seats to QFF, you would be in luck, bypassing dom - int at SYD is a very good thing, if you can avoid it, esp with kids.
Good luck tho.
I am fearful of the CBSA/ADSF (Francais) agents, so have never made an effort to visit Canada, or the C&BPs to the US.

 

[Tiki]

As a data point, I'm seeing the exact same thing: I'm also trying to link some complimentary lounge passes for an upcoming JQ flight out of BNE in a few months time, and I notice the exact same issue:
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It doesn't matter what date of travel you choose, it does not recognise/give you the choice, of choosing brisbane.
I assume its a school holiday/capacity thing, but it would be nice if it just said that, instead of making me think that I've spelt brisbane wrong, so I'll try again later in January to see if the restriction has been lifted.

I rang yesterday and after putting me on hold the agent announced that the lounge had ‘already reached capacity in march’ and that’s why I can’t link my pass

Has anyone figured out how to solve this? My flight is mid-March, def not school or Easter holidays and I can't see BNE in he drop down. Is this some kind of glitch? I never had problems linking a lounge invitation before.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Has anyone figured out how to solve this? My flight is mid-March, def not school or Easter holidays and I can't see BNE in he drop down. Is this some kind of glitch? I never had problems linking a lounge invitation before.

The restriction seems to be that you can’t link passes during peak periods such as school holidays, even if the lounge is intended to be used outside of school holidays.

From what I can gather earlier in the thread, you wait until the school holiday period is over… so I think around 25 Jan? … then you can link the pass for whatever date you want.

I think it’s just a hard block for any linking at the current moment in time, rather than future.

The other person travelling with me linked their lass in October no issues. For the same flight I couldn’t, trying to link in early Jan. So I’ll wait another week and try again!

 

[Ade]

Hello, got a question re: courtesy block.

ACK this is not a published WP benefit.

Got a work trip coming up soon. I asked my work TA to see if I got a shadow. They did not really know what I was asking about. I explained a bit more and they said that they will check the seat map.

They came back and said that the seat next to me shows as RESTRICTED on their backend booking system display. Does this mean, I have a shadow/courtesy block?

EDIT: I have asked them for a screenshot - let's see if they would be kind enough to send it...