Originally Posted by
izzik
Thanks for pointing out this very specific detail of ticketing vs booking. I'm so sorry to have greatly confused and misled everyone. Everyone, please continue to ticket your QF RTW trips with your competent travel agent.
I felt it was important to differentiate and meant no disparagement.
For me as a Qantas oneworld Emerald, there are significant additional earn benefits in having 081- tickets. Combining that with a desire for avoiding use of Qantas as a booking agent for this type of fare makes using a competent TA my preference.