Thanks mannej. Unfortunately, I was not aware of that and travelled yesterday on Virgin Australia (still no seats on QF for 8 days straight) and paid $1,100 per person, one way for a Y seat.

Thanks Brunz. I think that you were fortunate. The situation has now worsened in that there are no seats (Y or J) for seven straight days. After that you pay $1,163 or 178,400 points for a one way ticket. This seems crazy - an essentially grounded fleet with many thousands of aircrew stood down ...

I may need to travel BNE-MEL this coming week - compassionate grounds. According to QF website there are only four flights; all A330-300 and operates on May 25 through May 28 inclusive. There is no Y availability showing on any flight. J available at $1,163 one way on three days. Seems odd t...

Several weeks ago I was given no option but to use the Call Back "option". They still have not called back !

Thanks for that Chris. I was looking at booking a trip to Barcelona in late May. When CX 150 was operating the trip took 29 hours BNE-BCN. Without it, their schedules (for some reason) only show 2 stop options via MEL and SYD with elapsed times ranging from 31 to 45 hours. There are better so...