Originally Posted by
BMarkus
What I figured out and as far as I know also Matt explained it in his video. As soon as you have any QF flights the prices take jump upwards. So I tried to avoid them as much as possible. Maybe you can move your SIN - BNE flight to something going towards SYD or MEL on another airline. As you want to credit to BAC then you might fly via BKK to MEL on AY?
Depends on the point of origin and even ticketing carrier. I realize the poster you replied to was asking about an ex-OSL, and that point of origin is fully exposed to high YQ / YR, ex-TYO is not. You can have long haul QF codes on ex-TYO without much effect on price. I have done it on both QF issued and CX issued tickets. There are also some ticketing carriers that don't add YQ / YR for all OW carriers, so even ex-OSL you might be able to get away with QF codes without the high cost if you ticket with a travel agent and target certain plating carriers.