Originally Posted by
jbalmuth
The extraordinary F fares ex-CMB do appear to have disappeared (we booked our last one in 2012 on emirates.com), but with QR having now joined OneWorld, there are lots of fine J alternatives that weren't being offered even a few months' back. QR's website is a horrible place to book anything but the simplest one-way or roundtrip flight, but their fares ex Vietnam and Sri Lanka are quite attractive (if the fare rules can be believed). Hopefully someone here is, or has, an experienced agent they can recommend who could ticket a multi-stop trip (for pay, of course). Thanks!
The extraordinary F fares are gone and they were replaced with decent fares with less flexibility. The biggest difference was they are R/T only, no more pricing on a half R/T basis.
The AA fares are generally more flexible as they are MPM vs. routing fares and allow other carriers.