If itn.net shows economy award status for Qantas it's definitely inconsistent. I can't see it for any of the couple of months I've looked at transpacific. And that makes for one of those small, constant and irritating bleats. Searching for two transpacific seats to take a boy to see a grandmother I'd be happy to spend time working out the best combinations of dates given a bucket guide to seat availability. We do this for paid seats every day. But in not even showing any availability then you either call Qantas direct(and burn up their customer service dollars as we search over a nine week summer school vacation peroid for a pair of seats there and back)or, go to the Qantas website.

First, the Qantas website is frustratingly slow. Second, it doesn't show availability until you go to award bookings. There you plug in the days you want to travel then wait, then begin to look, wait, look, wait look, wait; for possibilities that will allow say, two clear weeks, at destination. (without perhaps a Lax,Akl,Mel,Syd routing) All in all, Qantas turn the chase for a seat into an obstacle course, for no great reason. And only because the guide for internet literate travellers is available for paid seats but then unavailable for seats that result from that travel.

Am I alone in thinking this way?