Originally Posted by
serfty
There is a more comtemporary version around - I need to find the link.
Note this did apply, IIRC, to AONEx PAX booked in A class but downgraded to D (I'll need to dig up the references).
There's a link at the bottom of this page
http://www.qantas.com.au/agents/dyn/...adePolicyJAN09 that opens a new page with the current refund amounts -- they're valid for just over 2 more weeks. A new one must be due out soon.
I assume mileage awards are just re-credited the appropriate difference from the relevant award chart. (Which would really suck if it happened to me on my LAX-MEL flight -- that's only 10,000 AAdvantage miles...roughly $200USD cash value.)