QF J Pricing, QF/BA Codeshare questions & Jul QF J Pricing Info

[Paddy55]

Folks

Spent a very confusing hour on the phone to QF tonight

A little background, Mrs Paddy and I are planning to travel SYD to LHR and as a special treat, in J class, prompted initially by SQ's J Promotional Fare. Didn't like the connection times on offer for the cheaper fares $6.5K for $9K if you travel A380 all the way and ended up finding Malaysian had a "Companion Fare" offer of $11.7K, although we had to overnight in KL on the way at additional cost.

So far so good. Of course QF then responded with their current 2 for 1 J specials although departures had to be by 30 June - Locked in to 3rd July departure

Lo and behold tonight I see Bestflights, WebJet and BA are showing $6.7K return 2 for 1 airfares - QF flight nos on BA metal.

QF's website did not, and still does not show these fares, instead showing $11K ones.

Long story short: made the booking over the phone, with the live person fine waived - QF flight nos and BA metal. Hopefully that information is of use to someone.

I have ended up with a few questions after the phone call and I will be very happy if someone can answer the following:

1. In My Bookings I now have two bookings for me with different booking reference nos - one with the QF flight nos and one the BA ones - is this normal, 'cause it has confused me!

2. I was warned that I would accumulate different points and SCs with BA metal than if it was QF metal even though it is a QF flight no - Read all the T&C's I can digest and can't find where this is documented - What won't I earn on BA metal?

3. Can I upgrade to P riding a QF flight no / BA metal?

4. Is there anyway of doing seat allocation for QF3xx flights before arriving at the airport (Paddy and Mrs Paddy need to sit together)

Appreciate any answers available.

A somewhat confused Paddy

[Mal]

1. Not sure. Doesn't sound right to me, but there could be reasons as to why.
2. Nah, there isn't any difference in earning.
3. No. Only Qantas metal/Qantas flight numbers can be upgraded.
4. I think Qantas has control over their 'seats', so this should be possible via a phone call to Qantas. However BA has pretty stringent rules over who can pre-allocate seats > 24 hours out of flight, and you might get caught up in that.

[rocket]

Recently flew SYD-LHR return in J on BA metal with QF flight numbers, and received 2 bookings with difference booking references in my QF account, so it must be normal.

I was able to log into BA's Manage my Booking and allocate seats.

Hope this helps.

[pauly7]

1. In My Bookings I now have two bookings for me with different booking reference nos - one with the QF flight nos and one the BA ones - is this normal, 'cause it has confused me!

Normal is relative

But whenever I am booked on a codeshare QF flight by an 'outside party' (e.g TA or QF Sales) I always get 2 booking references in My bookings - the QF code share and one for the operating airline. The QF code share booking reference one is the only one that works/you need. It is a bit strange but meh!

When I book codeshare online though I don't get it.... weird!

[Voyages]

1. In My Bookings I now have two bookings for me with different booking reference nos - one with the QF flight nos and one the BA ones - is this normal, 'cause it has confused me!

It is indeed normal. They have to duplicate your booking (I think the booking references differ in the last 2 letters) so BA can see their own flights in the system when you check in.