<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JohnAx:
Thanks, NM. If I understand your reply, A-class as part of a paid OWE RTW is generally available, but first-class award tix are tight? That works for us, as we would be in the former category.
Being a slow learner about all this stuff it confuses me that there seems to be only one discount first-class code, generally A, but there seem to be different kinds of A with different allocations.</font>
Yes, you are correct. You should not have much trouble getting 3 x A trans-pacific. Just be aware that QF do some strange things with blocking for the connecting sectors (ie A availability may be restricted on LAX-AKL but be available LAX-BNE (via AKL) or LAX-MEL (via AKL).
There is only one kind of A booking basis - being discount First. It is used for RTW and other published fares. Free (award) flights in First use Z basis, as do J-F upgrades, and they are heavily restricted.
[This message has been edited by NM (edited 03-25-2002).]