Originally Posted by
pandaperth
It's how they aggregate together all the various YQ and YR (aka fuel fine) surcharges
In my first investigation above:
- creating the itinerary in the online tool with CX as the first carrier
- then amongst all the various taxes and charges are these two lines
- Multiple Carrier Surcharges/Fees AUD123.50
- Carrier Surcharges/Fees AUD546.50
In my second investigation:
- creating the identical itinerary, but getting to the online via the Qantas web site
- the same two lines appear, and in addition this line
- Multiple Carrier Surcharges/Fees AUD297.70
Go figure
So I did some more investigation yesterday. I was getting the correct base fare in two browsers, whether I visited qantas.com or straight to oneworld.com, but the other browser continued to show a base fare of AUD$5k (for the exact same itinerary, down to dates) even after closing and reopening. I finally cleared the browser cookies and cache and it started showing the normal fare - I have no idea what happened there, but I sure am glad I wasn't just going straight through to book it through qantas.
I also priced it ex-Tokyo, thanks for the tip. It came to about $100 cheaper but I think the extra trip to Australia is worth that to me
One more unrelated question - if I just leave the FF# blank during booking, can I add my Alaska airlines number separately for each flight through the airlines, or just claim the flights with Alaska after taking them? (They are all Alaska partners, except Qatar Airways. I'll put the Qatar miles on American but would like to get status on Alaska as my main airline).