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Oneworld booking and pricing experiences
Aug 4, 2016 | 8:55 am
#451
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: A3 *G, AA exePlat, AS MVP 75k Gold, JL sapphire, UA silver
Posts: 4,794
What date did you put in? Qatar starts service there on December 14th.
Rookie mistake. I was trying to be one of the cool kids with all of the lingo but I meant Qantas
As I just mentioned, they quoted me $30,000 yesterday. Any idea why they got that number? Do you have a certain amount of segments on the OW carrier that you are booking through?
Rookie mistake. I was trying to be one of the cool kids with all of the lingo but I meant Qantas
As I just mentioned, they quoted me $30,000 yesterday. Any idea why they got that number? Do you have a certain amount of segments on the OW carrier that you are booking through?
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:05 am
#453
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: San Diego
Posts: 104
Progress. The agents have priced it manually but they are unable to find D or L availability on DOH-CMN-DOH so they have dropped those two sectors out of the itinerary completely. ExpertFlyer shows D9 and L9 so I've no idea what QF is on about. (QF and QR are far from friends so maybe QR is limiting availability to QF.)
The upside is it has priced at what it should: AUD4546.20. In fact, it's AUD300 cheaper than what AA quoted which seems totally bizarre.
The agent also now seems to accept that my routing is valid and has accepted that if QR opens up availability (which, in my opinion, will be as simple as phoning AA to make the change once it's ticketed), then USD125 will be the charge and Bob's your uncle (ie. all is good).
Qantas is holding the fare for me for 24 hours. I confirmed, twice, that the fare was locked in. Yes, I know. I should not procrastinate. My issue is Qantas won't charge me in USD which is where my funds are at the moment. But I guess I can't have everything.
The upside is it has priced at what it should: AUD4546.20. In fact, it's AUD300 cheaper than what AA quoted which seems totally bizarre.
The agent also now seems to accept that my routing is valid and has accepted that if QR opens up availability (which, in my opinion, will be as simple as phoning AA to make the change once it's ticketed), then USD125 will be the charge and Bob's your uncle (ie. all is good).
Qantas is holding the fare for me for 24 hours. I confirmed, twice, that the fare was locked in. Yes, I know. I should not procrastinate. My issue is Qantas won't charge me in USD which is where my funds are at the moment. But I guess I can't have everything.
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:05 am
#454
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Aug 4, 2016 | 9:08 am
#455
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: San Diego
Posts: 104
BA was able to put in the ex- SEZ flight on Qatar. Im just waiting for them to come back with the fare.
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:09 am
#456
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: used to be PER, now it's nowhere/eveywhere
Programs: QFF NB, AA GLD
Posts: 3,687
I just tried February 2017 - still no fares. If fares are going to be newly filed for when QR starts its service, then I expect the prices will be "sensible", meaning not incredibly low
As I just mentioned, they quoted me $30,000 yesterday. Any idea why they got that number?
Remind me - what are you trying to book (meaning how many continents and what fare class, for example is it a DONE5, an AONE6)
Also what dollars was Qantas quoting USD or AUD?
Looking in ExpertFlyer, the base price of an AONE6 ex-USA is close to USD20,000. If QF quoted you that, then in AUD with the ad-ons that could come close to 30K
Also what dollars was Qantas quoting USD or AUD?
Looking in ExpertFlyer, the base price of an AONE6 ex-USA is close to USD20,000. If QF quoted you that, then in AUD with the ad-ons that could come close to 30K
Do you have a certain amount of segments on the OW carrier that you are booking through?
Yes. As a general rule carriers want to have some of the long-haul segments on their flight numbers before they will ticket. In my case:
DONE5 ticketed by QF - the last 6 flights are on QF, including 2 inter-continental flights
DONE6 ticketed by AA - the middle 4 flights are on AA, including 3 inter-continental flights
DONE6 ticketed by AA - the middle 4 flights are on AA, including 3 inter-continental flights
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:17 am
#457
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: San Diego
Posts: 104
I just tried February 2017 - still no fares. If fares are going to be newly filed for when QR starts its service, then I expect the prices will be "sensible", meaning not incredibly low
Looking in ExpertFlyer, the base price of an AONE6 ex-USA is close to USD20,000. If QF quoted you that, then in AUD with the ad-ons that could come close to 30K
Yes. As a general rule carriers want to have some of the long-haul segments on their flight numbers before they will ticket. In my case:
Thank you pandaperth!
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:20 am
#458
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: Lots of faux metal
Posts: 7,021
Don't worry, I checked all QR destinations a few days ago and none are close to what we had. MPM is still the lowest. It looks like a lot of the fares are being priced in USD to avoid similar devaluation creating buying opportunities.
But, it does look like we have KRT Round 2 situation going on.
But, it does look like we have KRT Round 2 situation going on.
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:20 am
#459
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: QF, AC, Hyatt, Hilton
Posts: 4,241
Congratulations
Your DOH-CMN-DOH problem could be the problem I had with my CMN-xDOH-OSL flights in January this year.
QR has some weird married-segment logic. The way around it is to have stopovers in DOH - so for me CMN-DOH and DOH OSL were fine whereas CMN-xDOH-OSL was not.
Your DOH-CMN-DOH problem could be the problem I had with my CMN-xDOH-OSL flights in January this year.
QR has some weird married-segment logic. The way around it is to have stopovers in DOH - so for me CMN-DOH and DOH OSL were fine whereas CMN-xDOH-OSL was not.
Certainly. It was 131211, the number for Qantas Platinums. Try the regular number if you're not Platinum. I think it's 131313. Perhaps start by asking the agent if he or she is familiar with the oneworld Explorer rules.
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:25 am
#460
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: used to be PER, now it's nowhere/eveywhere
Programs: QFF NB, AA GLD
Posts: 3,687
Do you think that could be the issue? I had no Qantas flights on my route.
(As an example: I bought my ex-KRT DONE4 from AA; it had just one AA segment, its codeshare on RJ's AMM-JFK flight. After a couple of months, there was a schedule change, and I noticed that AA had moved me onto the RJ flight number. So I had an AA-issued ticket with no AA flights on it. I expect AA had realised how little they were going to make on that flight, decided they could do better selling that seat to someone else and so moved me to RJ.)
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:31 am
#461
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Got it. I'll let you know what BA says when they call me today.
It's a DONE4. I gave her the exact itinerary that I gave to AA and the base, before the price increase, was $2398. I asked her several times if that was in USD and she said yes.
Do you think that could be the issue? I had no Qantas flights on my route.
Thank you pandaperth!
It's a DONE4. I gave her the exact itinerary that I gave to AA and the base, before the price increase, was $2398. I asked her several times if that was in USD and she said yes.
Do you think that could be the issue? I had no Qantas flights on my route.
Thank you pandaperth!
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:40 am
#462
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Don't worry, I checked all QR destinations a few days ago and none are close to what we had. MPM is still the lowest. It looks like a lot of the fares are being priced in USD to avoid similar devaluation creating buying opportunities.
But, it does look like we have KRT Round 2 situation going on.
But, it does look like we have KRT Round 2 situation going on.
this reminds me of ex rgn in which i was never able to go. i tried to buy some in round 1. got a ticket, and then some more via a spanish website. i looked to enter the country usa and i couldnt find it under u... i used my sister card from hk. credit limit over.. bought 2 more round 3 and were cancelled by swiss. i couldnt flew my one way rgn bkk lhr bos.because.of work and thai offered me 500usd to cancel the ticket... meanwhile my sister went to nan on the ex rgn fare. oh well.
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:45 am
#463
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: used to be PER, now it's nowhere/eveywhere
Programs: QFF NB, AA GLD
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Aug 4, 2016 | 9:51 am
#464
Join Date: Apr 2007
Programs: QF, AC, Hyatt, Hilton
Posts: 4,241
I seem to recall someone mentioning upthread (or in one of the other similar threads) that it's important to have the dates of your first two flights concrete, rather than just the first one. Is that correct? If so, what is the reason?
Aug 4, 2016 | 9:53 am
#465
Join Date: Sep 2008
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i connect in Doha... and want to make sure it is a transit in europe.