All Non-A380 Saver Awards Absent
Mar 12, 2013, 3:40 pm
#1
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All Non-A380 Saver Awards Absent
Seems I cant find any saver award tickets N / D (Probably even F)
on flights that are not an A380. All the way to 2014.
Was fine yesterday.
Hoping it's some glitch.
on flights that are not an A380. All the way to 2014.
Was fine yesterday.
Hoping it's some glitch.
Mar 12, 2013, 5:38 pm
#3
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I find QF prices typically more expensive than EK. Even doing price comparisons for after the "together" moment that has been the case.
Hopefully EK regulars, particularly those who enjoy Saver fares, will not be the ones to suffer from this "togetherness". Otherwise Cathay whose prices are typically similar to EK Savers beckons on the OZ routes for me.
Hopefully EK regulars, particularly those who enjoy Saver fares, will not be the ones to suffer from this "togetherness". Otherwise Cathay whose prices are typically similar to EK Savers beckons on the OZ routes for me.
Mar 12, 2013, 11:58 pm
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I find QF prices typically more expensive than EK. Even doing price comparisons for after the "together" moment that has been the case.
Hopefully EK regulars, particularly those who enjoy Saver fares, will not be the ones to suffer from this "togetherness". Otherwise Cathay whose prices are typically similar to EK Savers beckons on the OZ routes for me.
Hopefully EK regulars, particularly those who enjoy Saver fares, will not be the ones to suffer from this "togetherness". Otherwise Cathay whose prices are typically similar to EK Savers beckons on the OZ routes for me.
I can just watch and see what happens, with no pressure, as I am Gold with both airlines until at least August 2014, without making another booking. If Qantas prices itself out of the market (and it could, as its management has a certain mindset), I'll just fall back to the Star Alliance, with whom I am lifetime Gold.
And I don't think many QF pax will like the manic nature of the DXB terminals, especially if not flying C or F. Doesn't compare well with Singapore at all.
It will be interesting to see how it goes
Mar 13, 2013, 10:43 pm
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Given what you have observed and the recent elimination of F flex awards coming from the "A" bucket maybe Flex award levels will soon be the new Saver levels and we can expect to see "Super-Flex" soon at even higher points values?
Mar 14, 2013, 4:15 am
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I would have thought they would at least have done this post freddie awards voting, if they're actually going to scrap saver awards completely sans A380s.
But that still doesnt make sense to me.
Edit:
Ok seeing the saver awards back again
But that still doesnt make sense to me.
Edit:
Ok seeing the saver awards back again
Mar 14, 2013, 7:54 am
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So saver fares are back but now I'm seeing a lot less availablity - less than the sum of parts.
eg X - DXB , DXB - Y has fares in Saver individually, but if I try to search X - DXB - Y it shows only Flex.
It was almost all saver fares when I searched X - DXB - Y just 2 days ago, now it's all flex.
If I force in a stopover even though connection is less than 24 hours, then it shows up as Saver + Saver.
Thing is I can only do 1 Stop over per Saver ticket.
Frustrating to say the least! I feel as if I'm trying to book a flight on QR!
eg X - DXB , DXB - Y has fares in Saver individually, but if I try to search X - DXB - Y it shows only Flex.
It was almost all saver fares when I searched X - DXB - Y just 2 days ago, now it's all flex.
If I force in a stopover even though connection is less than 24 hours, then it shows up as Saver + Saver.
Thing is I can only do 1 Stop over per Saver ticket.
Frustrating to say the least! I feel as if I'm trying to book a flight on QR!
Mar 14, 2013, 9:15 am
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So saver fares are back but now I'm seeing a lot less availablity - less than the sum of parts.
eg X - DXB , DXB - Y has fares in Saver individually, but if I try to search X - DXB - Y it shows only Flex.
It was almost all saver fares when I searched X - DXB - Y just 2 days ago, now it's all flex.
If I force in a stopover even though connection is less than 24 hours, then it shows up as Saver + Saver.
Thing is I can only do 1 Stop over per Saver ticket.
Frustrating to say the least! I feel as if I'm trying to book a flight on QR!
eg X - DXB , DXB - Y has fares in Saver individually, but if I try to search X - DXB - Y it shows only Flex.
It was almost all saver fares when I searched X - DXB - Y just 2 days ago, now it's all flex.
If I force in a stopover even though connection is less than 24 hours, then it shows up as Saver + Saver.
Thing is I can only do 1 Stop over per Saver ticket.
Frustrating to say the least! I feel as if I'm trying to book a flight on QR!
I actually changed an earlier ticket and then paid extra to change the return leg to a flex fare. I don't know why - it only earns another 2000 tier miles, and I'm nowhere near Gold this year. And, there's no upgrade availability.
Mar 14, 2013, 11:56 am
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Mar 14, 2013, 12:26 pm
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In general it seems upgrade awards stretch the value of the miles more than an outright redemption.
But because I have flexibility and can fly in premium cabins on *A via miles, I don't have much of a use for EK anymore.
Hence yeah, I'm trying to burn off all my miles before my gold status expires.
So back to the topic, is this issue with the saver awards always so erratic or is something up with the system?
Thing is, I have 280K Hhonors points I'll like to burn in SEZ. And I have to book this by Mar 18.
I have just the right amount of miles to book a flight there and back but can't do it if I cant get my flight booked!
But because I have flexibility and can fly in premium cabins on *A via miles, I don't have much of a use for EK anymore.
Hence yeah, I'm trying to burn off all my miles before my gold status expires.
So back to the topic, is this issue with the saver awards always so erratic or is something up with the system?
Thing is, I have 280K Hhonors points I'll like to burn in SEZ. And I have to book this by Mar 18.
I have just the right amount of miles to book a flight there and back but can't do it if I cant get my flight booked!
Mar 14, 2013, 1:18 pm
#12
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Here is how I have got through 2.5m miles - 850k for upgrades and 1.65m for tickets. To be honest I do not know how I could use them all for upgrades even if I wanted to. My balance is still 1m.
Mar 14, 2013, 2:12 pm
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Mar 15, 2013, 11:19 pm
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