Constant Motion, ITN only shows QF X class if it is an ALL economy flight. This is generally only the case on a few domestics. If there is Business class, then X does not show on ITN. As all QF Pacific flights are 2 or 3 class, no X class will show. Also, don't expect QF to give away seats if they can sell them. Competition is a little thin on the Pacific route. You are not the first to have problems finding award seats in busy times.

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Its not just the lack of seats that's the real problem. I don't expect Qantas to give away seats when they could sell them. Rather, it's the inability to work out whether there are any award seats at all on Qantas planes that's the issue. I think most people devide their travel into paid and reward (well, I do anyway)and use points earned to travel in different ways, at different times and to different places from when they have to.

Anyway. When you ring Qantas they will tell you whether they have seats on planes. Either they decide to give some award seats or they don't. Fine. But constantly ringing gets tedious. I was just advocating showing customers, (as United does) all the buckets of availability.

Finally, I understand seats may be limited at the moment. (Although summer fares out of the US to Australia have been at their cheapest for over four years so maybe not too) but February and October are always dead months in and out of Australia. And all travel is cyclical. So I can't see what's wrong with Qantas giving their best customers a look at how to redeem points intelligently on the system.

On QF domestic flights on ITN, booking class I now appears. Can someone please tell me what booking class it represnts? @:-)
Thanks

J9 D9 I6 U6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 R9 L9 V9 S9 N9

Are 'D' fares only available on DONE_ flights or can you purchase them? If so, from where? Travel Agent or specialist agent, and how much less expensive are they than J fares. I hope this isn't a stoopid question

QFBoy

I am off on an "Asia Explorer" ticket this weekend SYD-HKG-TPE-HKG-SIN-CGK-SYD which, I believe, is a D class bucket. I think it's just the discount version of J. For me, this fare was a lot less than an equivalent J.

Downside is that QF seems pretty stingy with D inventory and I am CX on the SYD-HKG leg and I would have preferred QF (for the bonus points!).

Booking was through a normal TA.

QF fare details are available here

I is a discount business class

Dave