Jetstar awards released month-by-month?
Apr 14, 2011 | 7:45 pm
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Jetstar awards released month-by-month?
I've been trying to get an award ticket on Jetstar for March of next year, but it seems like they've only released through Jan. 31. I've waiting about a week and nothing has changed.
Does anyone know if they do, in fact, only release seats for awards month-by-month? And if so, when does the next month become available?
Does anyone know if they do, in fact, only release seats for awards month-by-month? And if so, when does the next month become available?
Apr 14, 2011 | 9:12 pm
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Have you seen to prices they charge? Surely it would be better value to pay the fare rather than waste points on them?
Apr 15, 2011 | 3:49 am
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I do not know if the JQ flights are available for redemption on oneworld at the moment or if you need to book the codeshares.
Apr 15, 2011 | 5:16 pm
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Looks like ijk3234 is using AA miles as this post: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16185617-post2687.html
I'm planning a 2-week trip to Australia for next year. I wanted to call ahead as soon as the flights were loaded, but if I did so my 5-day hold would expire before I was finished adding all of the segments.
As an EXP, I can ticket segments as part of a one-way all partner without worrying about change fees or cancellation fees if I changed the award to a OW mileage-based award. However, if this requires the cancellation of the award first, I've heard that QF often doesn't offer those segments again.
Do I just have to hope that the phone agents will allow me to extend the hold multiple times? If so, how successful are people in getting holds extended?
Thanks for the help!
As an EXP, I can ticket segments as part of a one-way all partner without worrying about change fees or cancellation fees if I changed the award to a OW mileage-based award. However, if this requires the cancellation of the award first, I've heard that QF often doesn't offer those segments again.
Do I just have to hope that the phone agents will allow me to extend the hold multiple times? If so, how successful are people in getting holds extended?
Thanks for the help!
Apr 15, 2011 | 7:57 pm
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Looks like ijk3234 is using AA miles as this post: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16185617-post2687.html
So does this mean that no one knows the answer?
Last edited by ijk3234; Apr 16, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Apr 20, 2011 | 6:29 am
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I've checked JQ's availability in the past, and they don't seem to load flights into the inventory as far ahead as QF (or AA for that matter). This is not only true of awards seats, but also of purchased fares (e.g., right now, fares to HNL are only available on QF in Feb. and Mar. 2012 because JQ only loaded flights until the end of Jan. 12).