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I'm a Bronze Qantas frequent flyer; what I'm trying to find is an alternative search tool for seat availability using points that builds in the restrictions that the Qantas site has by status without having to go through the seat calendar day-by-day. Does such a thing exist? That is, I want to see a calendar as, say, a grid that shows a specific route (say, SYD-SIN) with days on one axis and flights on a second axis, and the contents of each cell showing availability by class. It would only display what's available to FFers of my status (currently Bronze)

I don't believe QF make that information publicly available.


Asa Bronze you'd pretty much see what is published on the GDS's for tools such as Expert Flyer.

Surely Expert Flyer shows total inventory, so as a Bronze I can see what's generally available, even though some of that inventory is likely reserved for Golds or Platinums and not available to me for redemption?

I believe the GDS shows the public information (so what is available to Bronze and other oneworld airlines). I don't believe what is available to higher QF tiers is shown outside the QF website or call centre.
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​​Paid EF allows search on +/- 2 days basis (so 5 days at a time).

You are looking for X, Z, U, P availability for Y, PY, J, F.

KVS also has an award tool but I haven't used it.

KVS Tool fully supports QF Award Availability, including any expanded Award Availability, associated with your Elite QF FF status.

While this is true, neither KVS or E/F will do this:

KVS loves to make unsubstantiated claims... Beware!

I find E/F to be good for doing these sort of searches. While you can only search over a week in one go, it really doesn't take long to search over a few weeks or months.

If you haven't used E/F before you can take a free one month trial to see whether it suits your purpose.

That is because airline systems are designed to facilitate actual bookings, not hypothetical calendars.

If your dates are flexible, you can use the 30-day [Power Search] function in the KVS Tool to locate Award Availability (taking into the account your QF FF status).

It's just that I find other airlines' tools much more user-friendly, being able to choose Previous Day or Next Day without having to revert to the previous screen (SQ) or showing a calendar of Award days, a week at a time (MileagePlus, Avianca)