OK, so I know that's not theoretically true, but...

I'm in the middle of an Open LONE4 RTW and was originally planning on flying AKL-PPT on Air New Zealand (using reward points) (This is a 'surface' sector on my RTW and then PPT-IPC, IPC-SCL to get to South America. However, I seem to be running into all sorts of difficulties getting the reward flight (and a one way is about 700 pounds!) so was looking at changing the ticket to fly AKL-SCL on LA/QF. at the beginning of September. However, when I check the availability for L class for both the Qantas flight number and the LanChile, it comes up as zero every single time for every date. Does this mean in reality it's impossible to fly this route on a LONE4?

What other options are open to me? Can I upgrade to a different economy class eg M, or Business Class?


Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Manta