Originally Posted by spotwelder
Are QF aware that BA do not actually sell Y fares on some of their domestic routes? Full fares are J fares in a single cabin. Whilst on a J, as a QF then I would get credited business points, fine, the point about "full fare economy" is a little difficult to fathom.
Its not really relevant since its rare for anyone to actually buy a Y fare on Qantas international flights anyway. That means they rarely dish out full economy SCs on any international flights.
As
og stated, a B fare is valid for 12 months, and it is full refundable and generally had almost identical availability to Y except when it gets down only having one or two seats left for sale on the day of the flight at peak travle times. And even then, as
Dave Noble pointed out, a D fare is less than a Y fare. Result is that very few people actually buy Y from QF for international travel. And it sounds like about the same number buy Y from BA domestic, but for different reasons
.