Eastwest Loco
26th Jun 2009, 08:56
It would appear the "work for nought" BA scrape for survival is flowing on to QF in the form of fare issues.
I did a fare construction today involving return LHR ex SYD with 6 internal Europe BA sectors. I did the QF model first. Minimum possible fare $6500.00 plus. Something rotten in Denmark, so did the search for best possible - all airlines - BA popped up at about $ 2700.00.
More herrings past use by.
Sectorised the QF and BA components and guess what? Qantas on one ticket and BA on a seperate ticket was even cheaper than the BA all the way quote.
I called a mate at QF HBA who did a run through Amadeus, the QF/BA Global Distribution System, and it costed out just fine with the QF longhauls.
Problem is that the combineability rules have not been relayed to Sabre, Galilleo and Abacus - systems that represent about 75% of the Agency systems and web search engines on earth.
Bottom line - lack of BA staff (or deliberate BA oversight) is taking QF out of the quoting system and feeding BA - why am I thinking oversight is the problem??
This is fine in professional Agencies, but in the hands of Blight Centre and the web engines that are almost certainly smarter than the average spotty commission driven wart on the industry in BC offices, QF does not even get a look in.
This is where the dollars come from for you good and true QF people. That is what puts the souls down the back and it is a glaring and dangerous hole.
Please mention this to someone who knows how to fix it, as it seems to be a system aimed at milking QF to the gain of BA.
We must protect the Rat from BA. they are obviously looking for a fall guy. We do not want shades of Ansett and NZ.
Best all
EWL
I did a fare construction today involving return LHR ex SYD with 6 internal Europe BA sectors. I did the QF model first. Minimum possible fare $6500.00 plus. Something rotten in Denmark, so did the search for best possible - all airlines - BA popped up at about $ 2700.00.
More herrings past use by.
Sectorised the QF and BA components and guess what? Qantas on one ticket and BA on a seperate ticket was even cheaper than the BA all the way quote.
I called a mate at QF HBA who did a run through Amadeus, the QF/BA Global Distribution System, and it costed out just fine with the QF longhauls.
Problem is that the combineability rules have not been relayed to Sabre, Galilleo and Abacus - systems that represent about 75% of the Agency systems and web search engines on earth.
Bottom line - lack of BA staff (or deliberate BA oversight) is taking QF out of the quoting system and feeding BA - why am I thinking oversight is the problem??
This is fine in professional Agencies, but in the hands of Blight Centre and the web engines that are almost certainly smarter than the average spotty commission driven wart on the industry in BC offices, QF does not even get a look in.
This is where the dollars come from for you good and true QF people. That is what puts the souls down the back and it is a glaring and dangerous hole.
Please mention this to someone who knows how to fix it, as it seems to be a system aimed at milking QF to the gain of BA.
We must protect the Rat from BA. they are obviously looking for a fall guy. We do not want shades of Ansett and NZ.
Best all
EWL