Sep 26, 2019, 6:52 pm
Last edit by: Mwenenzi
Qantas routes Australia to/from USA Canada
Looking for awards only on LAX-SYD route restricts your options.
AS award chart:---> https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...s/award-charts
Note these routes and/or aircraft type may change. Not all routes have flights every day.
May not be up to date
The QF A380 have first, business, premium economy & economy classes. Only the A380 has first class.
The QF B787's have, business, premium economy & economy classes. The B787’s do not have first class.
All QF B747's have been retired and sent to the Mojave desert. (July 2020)
QF starts to release their awards 353 days out to QF frequent flyers. But awards can be released any time out to departure. Anyone can join the QF ffp and then search for award availability. Be careful about mixed economy/business QF awards. These have an identifying symbol on the award flight.
A business class flight will give access to the Qantas Club or Qantas Business lounge. Major domestic airports have both a Qantas Club lounge, for mid level Oneworld status holders and paid QF club members, and a better Business lounge, with access by business class of service or top level Oneworld status. Domestic lounges can get very busy at morning and late afternoon peaks.
From QF web site QF seat maps
Qantas Australia domestic
Award availability on QF domestic routes in both business & economy is usually OK. Can be harder on longer routes (say 3~ 4 hour flights).
The workhorse of QF Mainline domestic fleet is the B737-800. QF have 75 of these in a 12J162Y configuration. Some schedules have a A330, some of which have international style business seats. These 2 aircraft types are also used on trans Tasman routes (Australia to New Zealand).
General Qantas information Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas
The QantasLink brand is used on regional routes to smaller cities and towns. The aircraft used are Dash 8's (de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200, Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 & Q400) in all an Y configuration, Foker 100 in all 105Y configuration and B717's in 12JY98 or 125Y configuration.
General QantasLink information Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QantasLink
Qantas information Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QantasLink
AA sub forum thread They have the same problems getting awards on QF and to AU/NZ & South Pacific--->
AA miles awards: using / redeeming AA miles on Qantas (QF) & related (consolidated)
AA MileSAAver award to / from Australia, New Zealand (master thread)
FJ / Fiji Airways (ex-Air Pacific) and AA, miles, awards, etc. (consolidated)
AA Miles Award: TN / Air Tahiti Nui award redemptions (master thread)
Revisions
11 Jun 2022 QF announcements removed (except for 2) as AU is open and QF is flying AU<--->USA
15 Jun 2022 Deleted some dead links
11 Dec 2022 Remove redundant links. Revise routes
27 Dec 2022 MEL DFW added
25 Feb 2023 Formatting
13 Aug 2023 Added SYD-SFO
Looking for awards only on LAX-SYD route restricts your options.
AS award chart:---> https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...s/award-charts
Note these routes and/or aircraft type may change. Not all routes have flights every day.
May not be up to date
BNE-LAX B330
MEL-DFW B787
MEL-LAX B787 (was the first A380 route for Qantas on 21 October 2008)
MEL-DFW B787
SYD-DFW B787 A380
SYD-HNL
SYD-AKL-JFK B787 (from June 2023)
SYD-LAX A380 B787
SYD-SFO
SYD-YVR
GeneralMEL-DFW B787
MEL-LAX B787 (was the first A380 route for Qantas on 21 October 2008)
MEL-DFW B787
SYD-DFW B787 A380
SYD-HNL
SYD-AKL-JFK B787 (from June 2023)
SYD-LAX A380 B787
SYD-SFO
SYD-YVR
The QF A380 have first, business, premium economy & economy classes. Only the A380 has first class.
The QF B787's have, business, premium economy & economy classes. The B787’s do not have first class.
All QF B747's have been retired and sent to the Mojave desert. (July 2020)
QF starts to release their awards 353 days out to QF frequent flyers. But awards can be released any time out to departure. Anyone can join the QF ffp and then search for award availability. Be careful about mixed economy/business QF awards. These have an identifying symbol on the award flight.
A business class flight will give access to the Qantas Club or Qantas Business lounge. Major domestic airports have both a Qantas Club lounge, for mid level Oneworld status holders and paid QF club members, and a better Business lounge, with access by business class of service or top level Oneworld status. Domestic lounges can get very busy at morning and late afternoon peaks.
From QF web site QF seat maps
Qantas Australia domestic
Award availability on QF domestic routes in both business & economy is usually OK. Can be harder on longer routes (say 3~ 4 hour flights).
The workhorse of QF Mainline domestic fleet is the B737-800. QF have 75 of these in a 12J162Y configuration. Some schedules have a A330, some of which have international style business seats. These 2 aircraft types are also used on trans Tasman routes (Australia to New Zealand).
General Qantas information Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas
The QantasLink brand is used on regional routes to smaller cities and towns. The aircraft used are Dash 8's (de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200, Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 & Q400) in all an Y configuration, Foker 100 in all 105Y configuration and B717's in 12JY98 or 125Y configuration.
General QantasLink information Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QantasLink
Qantas information Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QantasLink
AA sub forum thread They have the same problems getting awards on QF and to AU/NZ & South Pacific--->
AA miles awards: using / redeeming AA miles on Qantas (QF) & related (consolidated)
AA MileSAAver award to / from Australia, New Zealand (master thread)
FJ / Fiji Airways (ex-Air Pacific) and AA, miles, awards, etc. (consolidated)
AA Miles Award: TN / Air Tahiti Nui award redemptions (master thread)
Revisions
11 Jun 2022 QF announcements removed (except for 2) as AU is open and QF is flying AU<--->USA
15 Jun 2022 Deleted some dead links
11 Dec 2022 Remove redundant links. Revise routes
27 Dec 2022 MEL DFW added
25 Feb 2023 Formatting
13 Aug 2023 Added SYD-SFO
Consolidated Qantas (QF) Awards Availability/Booking/Routing Thread
Jan 1, 2017, 1:51 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 259
Consolidated Qantas (QF) Awards Availability/Booking/Routing Thread
Hi everyone: Happy New Year.
I'm starting this thread in the hopes it will help many of us with AS awards redemptions on QF.
My questions are as follows:
Overall, I understand that to obtain 2 QF First or Bus is unusual but what about if one was scooped early/331 days in advance - what luck has been had at another on the same route popping up later in the year?
I have noticed Premium Economy availability pop up over the last while on the LAX-MEL-SYD route for 2 for various dates in 2017 (I've been monitoring since around September). Anyone have any insight if non-stops come up for 2 or is it a case of "lucky if even 1 pops up"? Perhaps it's been unusual that I spotted 2 Premium Economy availability?
To keep options only, I am willing to go from DFW or LAX to Syd. Is there any other route I should consider? I could connect from YYJ YVR or SEA.
Thanks rustykettle for suggesting the title of the thread
I'm starting this thread in the hopes it will help many of us with AS awards redemptions on QF.
My questions are as follows:
Overall, I understand that to obtain 2 QF First or Bus is unusual but what about if one was scooped early/331 days in advance - what luck has been had at another on the same route popping up later in the year?
I have noticed Premium Economy availability pop up over the last while on the LAX-MEL-SYD route for 2 for various dates in 2017 (I've been monitoring since around September). Anyone have any insight if non-stops come up for 2 or is it a case of "lucky if even 1 pops up"? Perhaps it's been unusual that I spotted 2 Premium Economy availability?
To keep options only, I am willing to go from DFW or LAX to Syd. Is there any other route I should consider? I could connect from YYJ YVR or SEA.
Thanks rustykettle for suggesting the title of the thread
Jan 1, 2017, 1:58 pm
#2
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: AS MVP , Delta Gold Medallion, "Credit Card" status for various hotels
Posts: 672
I managed to snag two seats in biz from SFO-SYD for this July. Initially, I found only one seat available for the whole month of July on this route and booked it in early Dec. Then, a seat opened up on the same route departing on the day before. I booked that for my partner. Then, a second seat opened up on my flight date, so I switched him to my flight. I feel very lucky. Maybe the moral to the story is to book it if you see it. You can always cancel for free more than 60 days out.
Jan 12, 2017, 4:29 pm
#3
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northern Calif./Eastern Ida.
Programs: Amethyst Premier Plutonium Medallion
Posts: 20,646
Have people had problems with QF phantom availability? I was just trying to book two J seats from west coast to SYD and on to CHC, but space failed to confirm. EF agrees and says "NO" availability on either flight.
Is QF phantom space common? It's really frustrating to go through the whole searching process only for it to bomb on the payment screen.
Is QF phantom space common? It's really frustrating to go through the whole searching process only for it to bomb on the payment screen.
Jan 16, 2017, 7:29 pm
#5
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northern Calif./Eastern Ida.
Programs: Amethyst Premier Plutonium Medallion
Posts: 20,646
interesting. i am definitely finding several days of phantom space on the route i am looking at, at least if expert flyer is to be believed. i also cannot confirm the space when trying to book for either 1 or 2 passengers despite AS.com showing available. quite frustrating.
Mar 13, 2017, 5:20 pm
#6
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 736
interesting. i am definitely finding several days of phantom space on the route i am looking at, at least if expert flyer is to be believed. i also cannot confirm the space when trying to book for either 1 or 2 passengers despite AS.com showing available. quite frustrating.
Mar 13, 2017, 7:36 pm
#7
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: AS MVP , Delta Gold Medallion, "Credit Card" status for various hotels
Posts: 672
I found one fc seat for late July from SYD to LAX. It errored out when I tried to book it myself, so I called in. It also errored out for the agent. After a long hold it was explained to me that it was placed in some sort of queue for Qantas to review and that the reservation would take two days to become confirmed.
Sure enough, two days later, it became confirmed on the Alaska app, and as an unexpected bonus, the connecting segment from AKL to SYD was upgraded from economy to business (despite only showing economy availability two days before).
I have no idea if any of the above is typical when booking Qantas seats but thought the data point might be useful.
Sure enough, two days later, it became confirmed on the Alaska app, and as an unexpected bonus, the connecting segment from AKL to SYD was upgraded from economy to business (despite only showing economy availability two days before).
I have no idea if any of the above is typical when booking Qantas seats but thought the data point might be useful.
Mar 15, 2017, 9:51 am
#9
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: Miles&more, SPG, Hyatt
Posts: 536
Booked one F award on DFW-SYD. Same problem, the space is there, but online booking won't confirm. Phoned in and got ticketed in 5 minutes... Apparently IT link down.
On the up side F awards do still exist!
On the up side F awards do still exist!
Mar 15, 2017, 6:44 pm
#11
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: Miles&more, SPG, Hyatt
Posts: 536
HUCA. Transfer is not needed but agent needs to know how to use the "direct" system, rather than the web interface. My agent had reported the issue to IT. It really is that the website is not functioning properly
Mar 16, 2017, 7:20 am
#12
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 736
Thank you! Agent I called last night first tried the normal way even though I explained the issue about it working and then she tried the other way and was able to get it booked!