[PREM FARE GONE] LATAM/ JAL NRT-SYD-SCL-GIG Business Class $2272 RTN
Mar 24, 2020, 12:30 am
#92
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 6,436
I just applied for refund yesterday. While LA going under is a concern, my main reason was because the inability to earn miles and MPO club points on code-share flights post-May. If I re-route, they will only keep J class for me on LA-coded flights, so I will have to either book LA*/CX, LA*/JL, or LA*/QF and not be able to get miles (maybe I can get Asia Miles for LA*/CX, but it is not 100% clear yet, and certainly no MPO club points), or book CX, JL, or QF prime but in economy. I also don't have any idea how my schedule would look like in the second half of the year. Many tradeshows are being rescheduled, and no one knows what the new dates will be.
Mar 24, 2020, 12:34 am
#93
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 6,436
I think if your dates are in April and there has been flight modifications, you may be entitled to change your trip without re-faring. I tried to change my last segment to roughly 2 months later, last December, and they were quoting my something along the lines of 3000USD (which I politely refused).
From the fare rules, it seems that if the first segment is not changed, then there should be no change in fare; but I am not sure how that works in practice (especially since there seems to be some fare class mapping issue here)
From the fare rules, it seems that if the first segment is not changed, then there should be no change in fare; but I am not sure how that works in practice (especially since there seems to be some fare class mapping issue here)
Mar 31, 2020, 11:58 am
#94
Join Date: May 2015
Location: WAS, SZX, HKG
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, CX Green
Posts: 735
LA currently does not charge fare difference as long as there's no change in stopover points (including no change in airports, i. e., no change from NRT to HND, for example). Transfer points can be changed. However, as I don't know when I can travel and plus LA is leaving oneworld (full reason in the post above), I decided to go for a refund. It is unfortunate that I will not be able to take LA while it is still a oneworld member, as I have never taken LA before.
I hope with LATAM withdrawing from Oneworld there would be more award availability, since effectively ended partnership with AA and award costs on DL would skyrocket. So maybe after the corona thing is over you can try using 90k asiamiles for HKG-JFK/LAX/BOS/MAD/TLV-GRU? Legacy JJ flights have newer more fancy cabins too