Best day to Upgrade QF J to F - MEL-JFK

[dede]

I'm going to take advantage of the Companion Sale to fly J MEL - JFK in January. I also want to request an upgrade to F. I'm flexible with the day I depart so what's the best day for an F upgrade? I was thinking Tuesday or Wednesday or does the F cabin fill up in early January? Does anyone know what the normal loadings are for that period? (flying out early Jan - coming back late Jan)

 

[opusman]

Note that there's no F between LAX/JFK, and you would need to do QF93 and then change to QF107 if you wanted to do F from MEL to LAX.

 

[elbarto]

I would say the best day to upgrade would be the day there are free seats. Which could be any day.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I would think mid-week Tue/Wed/Thu Aust to the US would give you a better chance but there's less corporate types travelling for work in January so that could work in your favour also.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Out of SYD the best day is Monday since there are less paid for Fs, not sure about MLB.

 

[dede]

Thanks everyone, yes, I'd just be upgrading MEL-JFK of course! Might take my chances with the Tuesday.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Try seat guru / expert flyer to check loadings?

 

[mannej]

Try seat guru / expert flyer to check loadings?

Doesn't seat guru show seat maps (inaccurately) only?

 

[dede]

Doesn't seat guru show seat maps (inaccurately) only?

I just checked Expert Flyer and WON'T be booking on Tuesday 7th! Later in the week is fine so far. Only two seats taken in F on the Wednesday and Thursday.

 

[madrooster]

Thanks everyone, yes, I'd just be upgrading MEL-JFK of course! Might take my chances with the Tuesday.

J is the highest cabin for LAX-JFK. You can only upgrade the MEL-LAX leg.

 

[dede]

J is the highest cabin for LAX-JFK. You can only upgrade the MEL-LAX leg.

I must be having a bad day today - I meant to write MEL-LAX. I blame the red wine!

 

[Kangol]

I just checked Expert Flyer and WON'T be booking on Tuesday 7th! Later in the week is fine so far. Only two seats taken in F on the Wednesday and Thursday.

Seat allocation is not necessarily a good indication of how many seats are for sale. For that, you'd need to look at fare availability in the F, A and P buckets.

See here:
http://www.australianfrequentflyer....ility-loadings-upgrade-probability-25311.html

 

[dede]

Seat allocation is not necessarily a good indication of how many seats are for sale. For that, you'd need to look at fare availability in the F, A and P buckets.

See here:
http://www.australianfrequentflyer....ility-loadings-upgrade-probability-25311.html

Thanks, that was very helpful!