Qantas Domestic Fare Changes – FAQs

Qantas continuously and independently reviews fare levels and our approach to pricing, to ensure we’re reflecting our value proposition, whilst remaining competitive and providing price options to our customers.  

Qantas updated fares across select domestic routes, introducing additional Flex pricing options and optimising Red e-Deal price points to offer lower fares for our customers. These changes took effect on 2 December 2024. 

We’ve made additional fare adjustments on select routes and booking classes, along with a fare rule update, introducing an Advanced Purchase condition on selected K Class fares within the Economy Flex Family on Triangle and East West, effective 5 March 2025. 

They are currently applied on triangle and east-west flights. Further routes may be assessed over time. 

The changes apply to new tickets booked from Wednesday 5th March. If the customer is holding a ticket in credit, on the basis that you abide by the conditions of the original fare purchased, these new booking classes and price points can also be booked.

No, these are available for sale from point-of-sale Australia only.

You will benefit from the flexibility of K class, which sits in our Economy Flex family. Fee free date changes including on day of departure, additional QFF loyalty benefits, and fully refundable with a fee of AUD99.00.

An Advanced Purchase will be required on the lowest two pricing options within the Economy Flex family. 

Please note that whilst we permit date changes free of charge, any changes to flights require a re-price which may result in a change in fare and the requirement to reissue the ticket. Until the ticket is ticketed, we only guarantee the booking class, not the price. 

Consultants may see up to 6 new K class fare levels, depending on their GDS’ and/or front-end display. 

Q.com will display the lower fares within the flexible fare classes (if available).  

Yes, Corporate discounts and Qantas Business Rewards discounts will be available in K class, with the % off being applied to the lowest fare level available for the flight selected. 

If a customer wants to put their ticket into credit and use towards a fare which is now lower, they can; 

Use the multiple journey’s process to allow the residual fare to be used towards a future journey 

Refund the ticket with the $99 cancellation fee and purchase a new ticket 

Purchase a new ticket and hold their current ticket in credit for future travel  

Qantas continuously and independently reviews fare levels and our approach to pricing, to ensure we’re reflecting our value proposition, whilst remaining competitive and providing price options to our customers. 

They are applicable on selected routes within Australia. This may change over time.

No, only available on Australian domestic itineraries purchased in Australia.

Yes, the same differentiation will apply. NDC will still be cheaper than via traditional bookings systems.

No, we’ve not changed any fare conditions for K class, we have just added up to 6 additional price points using dual RBD with the price subject to availability of a secondary fare class from M to Q class.

The fare basis will display the secondary fare class as the fourth character; 

Example: KFQQA (NDC) or KFQQW (EDIFACT)

A booking will secure the fare class, on ticketing, the lowest available fare in the booked class applies.

All bookings should be requoted prior to a ticket being issued as the total ticket price may change due to amendment in taxes, fees and carrier charges as well as fare adjustments. The total ticket price is not guaranteed until a ticket is issued.

The price is determined by the lowest available fare at ticketing, this may will depend on the lowest trigger class available (within K class) and will determine the price returned at the time of ticketing.

Until ticketed, we only guarantee the booking class (being K) but not the trigger class. So, as inventory availability changes in the trigger classes, so too will the price point. We recommend that you ticket immediately, to secure the fare basis and price point.

If you need to delay ticketing, to seek approvals (as an example) we suggest you either;

Alert the customer (at the time of booking) so they are aware that the price may change

Book in NDC, where we have a 5-day price guarantee, regardless of inventory changes.

If the flight has been rebooked in K class for the same routing and fare basis, fare rules allow you to revalidate the ticket, provided the fare has been repriced and the fare is still available at the time of ticketing / revalidation. If the fare is no longer available, or has increased or decreased, the ticket will need to be reissued to an equal or higher fare.