Originally Posted by
Platy
I just priced a LAX-CNS return for early Dec 2017 through early Feb 2018: QF was USD8361 and CX was USD6169, making QF 36% more expensive.
Going LAX-CNS via HKG is not likely to be a popular routing
LAX-CNS is 7190 miles
Going via HKG is 49% further than this at 10,711 miles whilst going via BNE is only 11% over at 8024 miles
Given the long routing and over 33% longer journey time of 24hrs 35 minutes vs 18 hrs 5 minutes, not surprising to me that QF would be charging more
I much prefer CX over QF, but wouldn't want to fly via HKG if going between LAX and CNS
I just had to call the Qantas phone number and wait time was listed as 9-12 minutes - used the callback service and didnt worry about it. I doubt that QF would lose many passengers over call waiting times given that I suspect that most people would make new bookings via online means