The Qantas Newbie Questions Thread

[poverty]

the flight reward finder seems to be ‘indicative’ IME, and it says ‘last checked ‘x’ hours ago’… which seems to suggest it’s not live.

It’s strange the agent can ‘see’ the flights but not quote on points… if they were there they’d be able to book them.

Unless it’s some sort of strange routing or airline?

The Flight Reward Finder does give the option to refresh the search



Mine was a simple QF MEL-HKG return. I just shifted everything forward a week and have tickets secured

 

[sogai]

Scheduled to fly on QF29 tomorrow with a CR business redemption, when doing OLCI it says "You're checked in, but you'll need to collect your boarding pass from a Qantas customer service agent." - does this mean I've been bumped?

 

[J-P]

Scheduled to fly on QF29 tomorrow with a CR business redemption, when doing OLCI it says "You're checked in, but you'll need to collect your boarding pass from a Qantas customer service agent." - does this mean I've been bumped?

Not at all, it usually means a passport/identity check

 

[sogai]

Not at all, it usually means a passport/identity check

Hmm okay, travel companion on same PNR and their boarding pass was issued fine, both have Aussie passports

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Hmm okay, travel companion on same PNR and their boarding pass was issued fine, both have Aussie passports

Both tickets one way, or return?

 

[sogai]

Both tickets one way, or return?

Both one way tickets.. PITA to get return with CR

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Both one way tickets.. PITA to get return with CR

Then I’d reckon it’s unusual for the second ticket holder to be issued a boarding pass… without confirmation of onward or return travel, or indeed whether or not a visa is required.

 

[sogai]

Then I’d reckon it’s unusual for the second ticket holder to be issued a boarding pass… without confirmation of onward or return travel, or indeed whether or not a visa is required.

Even though Australian passport holders do not need visa to enter Hong Kong? Passport numbers were provided during the OLCI process..

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Even though Australian passport holders do not need visa to enter Hong Kong? Passport numbers were provided during the OLCI process..

Sorry, for some reason I had bangkok, not Hong Kong in mind!

Passengers without an onward or return ticket can be refused entry into Hong Kong, so the airline will be wanting to check your onwards travel (source TIMATIC).

 

[elanshin]

Even though Australian passport holders do not need visa to enter Hong Kong? Passport numbers were provided during the OLCI process..

Honestly nothing to worry about. Pretty normal to have this show up. Hard to say exactly what flags it down. But unless you are doing carry-on only, you would need to see an agent to do bag drop regardless.

 

[SYD]

Even though Australian passport holders do not need visa to enter Hong Kong? Passport numbers were provided during the OLCI process..

Flying on seperate tickets (and presumably unlinked) might trigger the need to see if you need a visa etc.

Yeah, odd one gets it and the other doesn’t.

 

[eminere]

Anyone else finding that ExpertFlyer no longer displays Qantas seat maps?

 

[SYD]

Anyone else finding that ExpertFlyer no longer displays Qantas seat maps?

Looks like some sort of glitch?

 

[elanshin]

Anyone else finding that ExpertFlyer no longer displays Qantas seat maps?

Can't bring up any right now myself. Not sure if something has changed or it's just broken right now . Might need to monitor and see.