ajy733

I am going to go to Australia from YYZ next October so I have started to look at options as I have a lot of points ( I know it is too early to actually see the real flights but I just been researching the options) and would like to use them as much as possible. When I go to the BA website and put in my info I never see any options for Qantas or Cathay Pacific (I see CP for the flight from YYZ to HKG only) I have fiddled around doing each flight separately but the only option I get when I check HKG to MEL is the Malaysia Airlines option and I know there are multiple flights on CP and Q. Same when I query Cairns to HKG. I have no trouble finding flights domestically in Australia on the website. I have fiddled around with dates and the other flights are never available it seems as an avios option. Are the seats on these flights restricted or am I missing something. I really want to avoid phoning BA if possible since thats a nightmare. Some have suggested using the Asia miles or Qantas site to check but when I go to those sites I can't see how to use the avios. Please help!! Thanks

Aus ATC

Qantas International flight availability is fairly patchy at the best of times. And Cathay seems to have drastically reduced the number of available seats recently too. I suspect you are just seeing the results of poor availability. As you noticed, domestic QF is generally pretty good for availability. If you give me a date and some routings I can check via my QFF account and report back.