Author Topic: Booking El Al with Qantas - master thread (Read 358700 times)

zagguru · « **Reply #1380 on:** November 20, 2021, 08:58:07 PM »

I see this in my account activity. Does this mean my Qantas points have been extended for 18 months from this date?

yochai · « **Reply #1381 on:** November 20, 2021, 09:00:09 PM »

I think these are 6 month extensions

zagguru · « **Reply #1382 on:** November 20, 2021, 09:01:04 PM »

Quote from: yochai on November 20, 2021, 09:00:09 PM

I think these are 6 month extensions

Any way to confirm? Does it show anywhere online the points expiration date?

davidd75 · « **Reply #1383 on:** November 24, 2021, 09:53:48 AM »

not finding any availability in 2021 on economy NYC-TLV

ponovezh · « **Reply #1384 on:** December 04, 2021, 07:53:05 PM »

I tried booking an AA ticket to Israel Feb 20-24 with my qantas points. They wanted $689 PLUS 63,000 points. The message at checkout reads as follows * The card payment amount comprises taxes, fees and USD $598.00 for carrier charges that you must pay, in addition to the points required for the Classic Reward.*
Last time I used them the fee wasn't near as much. When did this happen? Are there other dates or airlines that the fee wouldn't be as much?
Last time I used elal, so it is possible they only give these fees for AA. But I do not see any availability with elal. Why is that?

shmooz · « **Reply #1385 on:** December 04, 2021, 09:10:55 PM »

Correct, elal won't have those fees

See here how to search

https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/search-el-al-award-space-qantas-points-trick-booking-15-airports-arent-bookable-online/

ponovezh · « **Reply #1386 on:** December 05, 2021, 09:52:27 PM »

I am not a matmid member is there any other way to see what elal flights are available?

bmw · « **Reply #1387 on:** December 06, 2021, 12:56:56 AM »

you wont be able to sell on elal.com what is available for qantas, you need to check by qantas.com

ponovezh · « **Reply #1388 on:** December 06, 2021, 10:12:29 AM »

That is not what it said on the post before.

https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/search-el-al-award-space-qantas-points-trick-booking-15-airports-arent-bookable-online/

Right now there are no availabilities for elal on qantas. Dan mentioned you can check on elal and then text qantas with flight information to book. But it seems you need a matmid account to search.

Do you have another way to get elal now? Nothing shows up on qantas.

shloim4334 · « **Reply #1389 on:** December 30, 2021, 01:53:22 PM »

I tried contacting Qantas by SMS to book a flight, but I got an automatic reply that due to (I don't remember exactly), the option of SMS is not available.

zagguru · « **Reply #1390 on:** January 06, 2022, 10:31:47 PM »

Quote from: zagguru on November 20, 2021, 08:58:07 PM

I see this in my account activity. Does this mean my Qantas points have been extended for 18 months from this date?

anyone know anything about this?

moe8555 · « **Reply #1391 on:** February 21, 2022, 05:22:00 AM »

Any tricks out there to book for cities that don't show up in the Qantas site search as a valid origin (i.e. LCA)?
Or am I doomed to call the hotline?

St · « **Reply #1392 on:** February 23, 2022, 06:28:40 PM »

Is there a reason why a flight available with Matmid points on the Elal website would not appear on the Qantas site ? Specifically looking at a premium economy ticket from yyz-tlv on march 24.

mochjas · « **Reply #1393 on:** February 24, 2022, 12:46:02 PM »

Quote from: St on February 23, 2022, 06:28:40 PM

Is there a reason why a flight available with Matmid points on the Elal website would not appear on the Qantas site ? Specifically looking at a premium economy ticket from yyz-tlv on march 24.

yes, elal blocks seats for partners

yochai · « **Reply #1394 on:** March 04, 2022, 12:10:29 AM »

Any reasonable way to contact Qantas these days? Was on hold for 3 hours X2 before giving up.

ad120 · « **Reply #1395 on:** March 04, 2022, 12:57:22 AM »

Quote from: yochai on March 04, 2022, 12:10:29 AM

Any reasonable way to contact Qantas these days? Was on hold for 3 hours X2 before giving up.

Interesting
I called on Sunday and waited for 5 min.

Abe100 · « **Reply #1396 on:** March 18, 2022, 01:34:18 PM »

Quote from: mochjas on February 24, 2022, 12:46:02 PM

yes, elal blocks seats for partners

Blocks means it's not bookable by partners? Or its just not visible on partner websites?

bmw · « **Reply #1397 on:** March 20, 2022, 01:18:53 AM »

not bookable

Abe100 · « **Reply #1398 on:** March 24, 2022, 08:46:41 AM »

Quote from: bmw on March 20, 2022, 01:18:53 AM

not bookable

I have 90K miles parked at Qantas. Was planning to use it for El Al but no availability showing... I transferred from Amex back in the days when it was easy to book EL Al with Qantas.

I guess calling Qantas won't help if it doesn't show on their website as available?

zagguru · « **Reply #1399 on:** April 03, 2022, 08:48:08 PM »

Is there any quick way to search for award availability with Qantas other than searching it one by one on Qantas?

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