How to avoid seing JQ "business" when search classic rewards on QF website?

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Serg

QFF

Member since 12 Apr 2013

Total posts 1,044

This is it - when searching "multicity" to see what is available for whole month one can see "business" but upon opening it reveals that this is JQ "business" that in fact no more than PE. And while flying to, say, SIN in JQ business is OK (it is day flight) flying back is not that OK because it is overnight flight. So how I can see only "true" business in my search?

Becky1

Jetstar Airways - Qantas Frequent Flyer

Member since 04 May 2018

Total posts 39

Fly with a reputable airline.

Husko

Member since 11 Mar 2017

Total posts 25

The worst is when they show business class for a domestic leg and then the international component is on Jetstar economy when searching for rewards in BC to Asia. So an hour in Qantas Domestic Business then 8 in Jetstar economy.

vhojm

Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer

Member since 25 Oct 2019

Total posts 87

You can't, you can tell for Singapore because it will show cheapest business points ticket as 51,300 for JQ7 / JQ8.

They charge considerably less points of Jetstar business, so they are accepting that it is a far more inferior product and likeable to Premium Economy.

GBRGB

Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer

Member since 21 Jan 2014

Total posts 296

I have tried all sorts of ways to delete JQ from all of my searches with no luck, even when you only have the Qantas tab highlighted on the flights selections JQ are still there, it’s like a disease really, can’t get rid of it. I have also noticed that since classic plus started so many classic rewards are now Jetstar flights and QF are all classic plus which is not surprising, the whole business is fast becoming Jetstar, with some planes having a roo on the tail.

pkjames

Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer

Member since 21 Jan 2017

Total posts 45

use a paid search engine instead of QF website, well worth it.

Serg

QFF

Member since 12 Apr 2013

Total posts 1,044

Originally Posted by Becky1

Fly with a reputable airline.

Silly comment. This is exactly what I trying to do. Question is how.

Serg

QFF

Member since 12 Apr 2013

Total posts 1,044

Originally Posted by pkjames

use a paid search engine instead of QF website, well worth it.

Any recommendation?

williamjs

Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer

Member since 02 Aug 2017

Total posts 11

It is incredibly frustrating but no workaround on the QF website itself, AFAIK. Much like the "Where Can I Go" tool no longer allows you to see award availability because it is mysteriously "temporarily unavailable".

sunnybrae

Etihad - Etihad Guest

Member since 21 Jul 2019

Total posts 93

There is no way to avoid seeing JQ's faux business class listings when you do a search. It's been this way forever, and is not changing because it suits Qantas. This was actually the catalyst which made me switch 90% of my travel to Virgin about 10 years ago. I was sick of seeing JQ flights pop up when all I wanted was QF. The Joyce mentality is too deeply ingrained now. It cannot be expunged unless the entire board and management are cast aside.

Becky1

Jetstar Airways - Qantas Frequent Flyer

Member since 04 May 2018

Total posts 39

Originally Posted by Serg

Originally Posted by Becky1

Fly with a reputable airline.

Silly comment. This is exactly what I trying to do. Question is how.

Then why are you on the Qantas website? The answer is to book with a reputable airline.

Serg

QFF

Member since 12 Apr 2013

Total posts 1,044

Originally Posted by Becky1

Originally Posted by Serg

Originally Posted by Becky1

Fly with a reputable airline.

Silly comment. This is exactly what I trying to do. Question is how.

Then why are you on the Qantas website? The answer is to book with a reputable airline.

May be reason is heaps of points that need to be utilized? And saying "fly with reputable airline" is definitely not good enough - suggest one. And besides I do not believe that QF is not "reputable" and of my own experience I believe that ME3 are definitely not reputable. CX, JAL, Finnair and BA all decent carriers that can be booked with QF points. So what benefits to jump to "reputable" bandwagon? Practically only Singapore Airlines because I am not flying much inside Australia. Ah, Turkish Airlines. Base on my recent experience utter rubbish.

Becky1

Jetstar Airways - Qantas Frequent Flyer

Member since 04 May 2018

Total posts 39

@Serg

I recently flew Thai Airways in Business and they were excellent. Singapore Airlines, Air NZ, Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air. On a domestic front, I do put QF Business ahead of any European or USA business class, but I do prefer Virgin Australia myself. If you want to stick with Oneworld, you might be better off joining Cathay or Japan Airlines FF program, or if the USA is your major destination then AA. You couldn't do any worse than Qantas. Apart from domestic flights and flights to NZ, trying to find classic reward seats on QF is like trying to get blood from a stone. I wouldn't necessarily say that the ME3 carriers themselves are not reputable, they are a product of their owners policies and values after all. I refuse to fly them for that reason.

Serg

QFF

Member since 12 Apr 2013

Total posts 1,044

Originally Posted by Becky1

@Serg

I recently flew Thai Airways in Business and they were excellent. Singapore Airlines, Air NZ, Japan Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air. On a domestic front, I do put QF Business ahead of any European or USA business class, but I do prefer Virgin Australia myself. If you want to stick with Oneworld, you might be better off joining Cathay or Japan Airlines FF program, or if the USA is your major destination then AA. You couldn't do any worse than Qantas. Apart from domestic flights and flights to NZ, trying to find classic reward seats on QF is like trying to get blood from a stone. I wouldn't necessarily say that the ME3 carriers themselves are not reputable, they are a product of their owners policies and values after all. I refuse to fly them for that reason.

It is not desire to stick to Oneworld, but rather stick to QF. If I would be able to transfer my QF points to, say, CX I would switch ages ago. Switching to CX or JAL not any easier than switching to SQ (i.e. Virgin). Biggest problem with "foreign" airlines is the fact that it is very difficult to earn points on the ground. And I am too old to start afresh. When I started (late 90) QF was excellent. If I would do it today I rather stick to Velocity program.

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