Originally Posted by
iwillflytheworld
Even after flying the first segment, there's no guarantee Qantas will agree to make routing changes, both due to their general incompetence and the special treatment of these fares (I've been successful doing date changes via twitter, but even they said routing changes are not allowed on the cheap ex-CAI fares, no matter what the fare rules say).
Qantas has told me otherwise. The rules for these Oneworld tickets are quite clear.