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You can transfer AMEX Or Citi points to Qantas at a 1:1 ratio, Barclays points at a 1.4:1 ratio, Capital One points at a 2:1.5 ratio, or Marriott points to Qantas at a 60K:25K ratio.

Qantas doesn’t charge fuel surcharges for El Al flights.
Infants are free (besides taxes). They also get a regular checked baggage allowance of 23 kg.

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Flights are bookable from NYC, BOS, MIA, and LAX.

SMS is the easiest way to contact Qantas. The number is 1-478-772-6827. This can be used for airports that are unavailable online.

NYC-TLV is 37.8k points each way in Y, 63k in premium economy and 78k in J.
On 9/18/19 premium economy will be going up to 70.8k and J will be going up to 90k (each way).
Cancellation fee is 6k points.
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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #880 on: August 08, 2019, 07:56:54 PM »
Seems like ex-EWR is fixed but not ex-JFK.
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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #881 on: August 08, 2019, 07:59:39 PM »
They have the same availability that they had over the phone/SMS, which is way less of what ELAL has on their website.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #882 on: August 08, 2019, 08:01:14 PM »
Seems like ex-EWR is fixed but not ex-JFK.
Not quite. Seems random.
Aug 15 has P class ex-EWR. Nothing showing on QF

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #883 on: August 08, 2019, 08:03:40 PM »
Did LY join the of airlines of "expanded award space" for their own members... :'(?

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #884 on: August 08, 2019, 08:06:59 PM »
Newark and JFK to TLV now bookable online

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #885 on: August 08, 2019, 08:13:24 PM »
finally some good news here b"h.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #886 on: August 08, 2019, 08:14:13 PM »
Seems like ex-EWR is fixed but not ex-JFK.
Here you have both. Just seems like they're showing much less availability than there actually is.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #887 on: August 08, 2019, 08:17:31 PM »
Seems like ex-EWR is fixed but not ex-JFK.
i see TLV-JFK

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #888 on: August 08, 2019, 09:28:11 PM »
When I was looking a couple weeks ago, it seemed like it was only showing the mid-day flights and night-time Newark flight with the old biz seats.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #889 on: August 09, 2019, 11:15:02 AM »
Here you have both. Just seems like they're showing much less availability than there actually is.

+1. it's fixed, but showing much less availability then what LY has.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #890 on: August 16, 2019, 05:57:41 PM »
there is available seats, however it seems they have officially pulled the night flights out of tlv from the system [also by phone not], and possibly the night flights out of nyc also.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #891 on: August 16, 2019, 06:41:55 PM »
 and yes i did get nyc - tlv ticketed, email came a few minutes after booking with ticket number, business one way, premium the other, but as mentioned only the day flights

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #892 on: August 17, 2019, 07:13:36 PM »
there is available seats, however it seems they have officially pulled the night flights out of tlv from the system [also by phone not], and possibly the night flights out of nyc also.
Plenty day flights that GDS shows P class, not either showing up. If only we can get the truth about what's really going on with the NYC routes....

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #893 on: August 17, 2019, 09:53:31 PM »
Plenty day flights that GDS shows P class, not either showing up. If only we can get the truth about what's really going on with the NYC routes....
CMIIW, P class can be revenue.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #894 on: August 17, 2019, 09:58:34 PM »
CMIIW, P class can be revenue.
It's both revenue and award.
The way I can easily see if I'm getting accurate results on QF is by looking for P class, as that's the only award we can still see in GDS.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #895 on: August 17, 2019, 10:00:12 PM »
Can QF book hidden inventory via SMS still?
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #896 on: August 17, 2019, 10:06:58 PM »
Can QF book hidden inventory via SMS still?
Not what you don't see online.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #897 on: August 17, 2019, 10:12:09 PM »
Has anyone spotted ANY non-stop availability to NYC past December via QF?
I searched many dates (that had P available) between Dec and Feb and found nothing at all.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #898 on: August 17, 2019, 10:18:57 PM »
Has anyone spotted ANY non-stop availability to NYC past December via QF?
I searched many dates (that had P available) between Dec and Feb and found nothing at all.
I booked EWR-TLV in January.

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Re: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread
« Reply #899 on: August 18, 2019, 01:00:45 AM »
i booked june. i think its another lesson learned that its never a good idea to transfer points to a airline if no short term redemption plans. i imagine lots of people transferred large amounts during last promo [i bh have nearly burned through the 1.5 million i transferred].