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2 of us (AS employee and domestic partner) have bought round trip ZED passes on QF for LAX-SYD-LAX.
We plan to travel on Fri 25FEB05 on QF12 or QF108 and return on Mon 07MAR05 on QF107 or QF11.
We have no clue on how the flight loads are on these flights or how much of a chance we'd have to get on these with nonrev ZED passes. Does anyone have hints on the best days of the week to make this route, or a way to check how busy these flights are?
Welcome to the board!
If you don't hear anything back, I'd PM AL-SYD in the next couple of days, I had posted a thread on LAX-AKL and he gave me some ideas for alternatives.
Speaking of which, can you give me an idea how much the taxes/fees were for your passes? I'm budgeting about $100 for mine, and think it would be similar to yours.
Also, have you listed yet with QF? From what I've heard, some agents are very friendly and will give you info as to days of week, etc...while others do not. For some reason I'd expect QF to be pretty friendly.
The other ways I know of getting LAX-SYD w/partners are:
UA (nonstop)
HA (through HNL)
I'm sure there's tons of others.
I think the taxes were about $100, but I'll have to doublecheck. We can get ID90s for UA, maybe we should for a backup, but it's probably much more expensive than the ZED medium fares we get with QF. I'll check into it.
Is there a special phone number for Qantas nonrev listing? We haven't called yet.
The phone # for Qantas listed on my interline agreement is 800-227-4500, not sure if it is special for nonrev listing or not.
Thanks for the info on taxes too.
Also...be sure to share how things work out for you afterwards.
http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gifHi, all those flights on those dates are showing over 100 economy seats at the moment. Are you intending to tour around while you are here?
Thanks, Vicki, that's great news. http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
We're planning to stay in Sydney the whole time, but will probably rent a motorcycle for some local riding.
Enjoy your stay - there are also lots of nice day trips you can do from Sydney too- up to the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Illawarra region.
We're listed on the flights we want and everything seems to be fine.
I was wondering what policies Qantas has for nonrev people, regarding any dress code, and onboard food and drinks... will they likely have enough meals? Can we order alcoholic drinks?
No carrier likes it's non-rev pax to be noted by the other revenue generating pax for any reasons and QF is no different. You will be treated like any other pax - fed and watered etc.
Dress code is not overly strict, but certainly there is an expectation to be dressed appropriately. No cutoff jeans, dirty clothes, thongs/flip flops, singlets etc. Dress code for Y is "neat casual" which usually means collared shirt, casual but "classy" looking comfy pants like chinos etc.
One point to remember and one that throws everyone down here, is on your return, you need to check in at a special nonrev desk and nowhere else. At SYD, look for the QF "RED S" check-in desk. That is where they process all nonrevs for all QF International flights. Won't be hard to find it - just look for the desk that has a heap of people in the immediate area sitting on suitcases and the such !! http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Bikerscooby - I have just checked those flights LAX-SYD on 25/2 again for you - the QF12 is still showing around 100 Y class, the 108 about 60. The return flights on the 7/3 the 107 has about 100 seats and the 11 about 80. Have a good holiday and remember to try an Aussie meat pie!!
Bikerscooby just so you don't miss the plane on this end, those QF flights leave from T4 (AA) not Bradley.
Have fun and don't forget your helmet. http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Keep'em flying
We flew QF to SYD in October 2003. Flights were very full, but we were able to use our LAX/SYD coupon to go LAX/AKL/SYD. No additional fare required and the flight to New Zealand was empty. Don't forget about the non-rev desk at SYD. Forget about doing any duty free shopping at the airport. By the time you get your boarding pass, you will have precious time to get through passport control, security and then to the gate.
Have a wonderful time. Sydney and Cairns are beautiful. The Blue Mountains are spectacular, not to be missed.
Thanks for the tips.
This is my second trip to Sydney... I bought a normal ticket last time (2/03). I did see the Blue Mountains last time; I was surprised that it is actually a canyon and not mountains (at least the part that I saw).
So, we leave from LAX terminal 4, and on the way back have to check in (early) at the "RED S" instead of the normal place; dress is business casual.
Last time I was on Qantas they served free alcoholic drinks... do they still do that, and if so is it ok for nonrevs to have a couple?
Qantas international flights still serve free alcoholic drinks. As far as I know the "red S" counter went a year or two ago - they just have a standby desk now. Have a great holiday http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
We made it to Sydney and back with no problems, on our original planned flights.
FYI - At Sydney airport, International Terminal, the nonrev check-in is at counter E1, marked as "staff check-in", except for US-bound flights, where nonrevs check in at the regular lines E3-E12 then wait near E1 later to be called.
We're going again this year! Already got ZED passes. Can someone check flight loads for me for these? Thanks.
24-FEB-2006 QF12 LAX-SYD
24-FEB-2006 QF108 LAX-SYD
07-MAR-2006 QF107 SYD-LAX
07-MAR-2006 QF149 SYD-LAX
07-MAR-2006 QF11 SYD-LAX
Man...I wanna go to SYD.
You have to have a few VB's for me!
Does anyone out there have a QF prize letter they would want to trade for a few WN passes?
JIM
http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gifGetting cravings for our MEAT pies!!!
So the secret ingredient in meat pies is beer! No wonder Australians are always saying "cheers". http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif http://bestsmileys.com/drinking/17.gif http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
Keep'em flying
mmmmmmm... mmmeat pies... beer... yum.
I like "Toohey's Old" dark beer.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> 24-FEB-2006 QF12 LAX-SYD
24-FEB-2006 QF108 LAX-SYD
07-MAR-2006 QF107 SYD-LAX
07-MAR-2006 QF149 SYD-LAX
07-MAR-2006 QF11 SYD-LAX </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
QF12 is showing 80+ seats open
Qf 108 is showing 80+ seats also
For coming back
Qf 107 is showing wide open with 120+ seats
Qf 149 150+
Qf 11 100+
Have a good trip!!!
Sounds good, thanks.
Hopefully they can put us near some empty seats so we can stretch out (and sleep).
We're back. Got on both of our first choice flights with no problems.
But no chance of stretching out... I got middle 'B' seats in both directions. The planes were pretty much full.
At least you got on..........and had a free drink or two???!!!! http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
Be flexible as the flights may be weight restricted, and they will take off with empty seats.
Hi, this is my first posting to nonrev - what took me so long? am trying to nonrev zed lax-syd 17Feb and return 28Feb. Can anyone advise if that looks doable? The snow in the Midwest may make this difficult for me though! Also, would QF route me another way with just an lax-syd coupon? (eg, via Auckland or to BNE instead)And I can't find an official answer to whether JQ (Jetstar) would accept a QF coupon? If anyone has any advice, thanks!
I am traveling this route in about a month and the loads look fine from now all the way through on UA which I am taking not sure about QF but they have more flights so they should be ok try posting in the loads forum for QF loads. Your pass bureau or whomever issued the ZED should be able to tell you if the ZED is good on JQ, I know my ZED fare on QF is also good on JG flights but not sure what your agreement is.
My opinion on them re-routing you is I doubt it, maybe LAX-BNE because there mileage would be in the same ZED zone but even if they did I doubt they would route you down to SYD with-out the xtra coupons.. I would say buy some backups and refund them if they go unused..
Thanks for your reply, Ty. I agree with you about the coupons - makes sense. There is definitely confusion with JQ though - JQ people can't say whether they would accept a QF coupon (though it's not possible to issue a JQ coupon) and JQ won't even list you, saying QF should do it. QF says they definitely can't list you either. So it's like a no-man's land situation. I was hoping someone on the board had an answer as to how it really worked over there.
Again I would say that your pass bureau are the ones who have the agreement in place so they should know best this is a phone number from one of my HA ZED agreements for QF that says it is good on JQ (800)227-4500 "Employee/Retiree may ticket/purchase ZED tickets over any HA ATO/CTO or Rate Desk. Jetstar (JQ) are included i.e. QF5000-5999" That is from mine.. Check out the correspondents there is one from OZ that I am sure could help.
Thanks, my pass bureau just kind of shrugged their shoulders and said they'd look into it. All they say is our agreement does cover JQ. If anyone has nonrevved on Jetstar, how did you do it?
There are only two ways to nonrev on JQ.
1. have an agreement with QF that includes JQ operated flights or
2. find a compassionate JQ/QF agent who's willing to accept your ZED ticket
Either way, your pass office shouldn't ticket a QF markted flight operated by JQ unless you have an agreement that includes them. Of course, several of their flights operate in markets also served by QF online and/or Qantas Link.
Our agreement with QF does include JQ, but I have to ticket it using QF code. Are you saying that JQ should theoretically have no problem with that then? Though there's still the issue of the runaround of how to even list with them. I just hope I can get on a regular QF flight, but wanted the flexibility of JQ's flts as well.
Shoot, I hope don't have any problems on JetConnect next week...
Our agreement is with JetConnect, JQ, QF, and some others but is issued under the QF code.