Originally Posted by
madrooster
QF does not have a MNL-MEL flight. You would need to go via SYD. MNL/MEL fares do allow a stop in SYD so you would actually be better having the entire lot of flights in one ticket.
Yes the routing would be MNL-SYD-MEL but my point was to book a MNL-MEL fare would likely be cheaper than a separate domestic booking.
Originally Posted by
madrooster
QF do not allow combining any Y and J fare together. However, you can combine any J with any F, and any Y with any W on a half return basis. Only those two combinations are permitted.
Originally Posted by
wandering_fred
There is an urban myth (though perhaps true) that economy and business/first fare classes can not be combined on a half return basis. Certainly there is no way to accomplish this on the QF web site.
It would be "nice" if QF would "please explain" but I can't see that happening in the present environment...
QF does have some fares that allow discount J to be combined with discount Y. For example:
https://matrix.itasoftware.com/#view...NKlgxsRomIK001
However some (perhaps most) cannot, although it is not an 'urban myth' or something that cannot be explained. It can easily be determined by looking at the Combinability section of the fare rules. For example the following is found in a QF discount J fare:
Code:
PROVIDED -
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER JQ IN ANY
RULE AND TARIFF.
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY BUSINESS RESTRICTED/BUSINESS
UNRESTRICTED/BUSINESS EXCURSION/FIRST CLASS EXCURSION/
FIRST CLASS RESTRICTED/FIRST CLASS UNRESTRICTED-TYPE
FARES FOR CARRIER QF BETWEEN AUSTRALIA/EUROPE IN ANY
RULE AND TARIFF.
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY BUSINESS RESTRICTED/BUSINESS
EXCURSION/BUSINESS UNRESTRICTED/FIRST CLASS RESTRICTED/
FIRST CLASS EXCURSION-TYPE FARES FOR CARRIER EK BETWEEN
AUSTRALIA/EUROPE IN ANY RULE AND TARIFF.