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VA913 | SYD-BNE | 0730 Departure Opted for scrambled eggs with cheese, bacon mushrooms, tomatoes and beans on sourdough which was decent. The tempting alternative was a coconut crumpet with berry compote and mascarpone. Service attentive and very polite. Orders taken and served 1ACDF, 2ACDF.

VA973 | 11 Dec | SYD-BNE 1800 Departure Angus Beef Brisket with Bok Choy, Mushrooms and Steamed Rice. Other option was a chorizo pasta. Orders taken 1ACDF, 2ACDF and served in same order, VA978 | 14 Dec | BNE-SYD 1805 Departure Caramelised onion chicken with spiced potatoes and broccoli...

I'm not sure whether this is an IT issue or genuine lack of reward availability, but whenever I try to search for LAX-JFK reward seats (any class) with flexible dates for July 2023, I never get any results returned and instead get shunted to a blank page with URL...

VA970 | BNE-SYD | 1705 Departure PB: Fully enforced PDB: Sparkling wine, sparkling or still H2O, OJ Orders taken 1DFAC, 2DFAC and served in same sequence. Dinner options included the infamous gnocchi with a mushroom sauce or a chicken and sweet potato dish. Opted for the gnocchi and was...

VA913 SYD-BNE | 07-Mar| 0730 Departure PB: Appeared to be enforced, however boarding commenced much earlier than scheduled time so passenger flow was steady. PDB: Still water or OJ, about 10-15 mins into boarding process. Meal orders taken 1ACDF, 2ACDF and delivered in same order. 3...

Suva call centre agent I just spoke with seemed quite confident that more international seats would be released, citing the booking errors seen earlier today. Make of that what you will (if anything), but my optimism tells me we aren't quite done yet with this 'release'.

Does anyone think there is likely to be further release of seats related to this 'drop' or is this it? Notably one destination that I never could find any reward seat availability for was JFK on the new SYD-AKL-JFK QF3 operated route.

ICYMI, call centre Award Assistance Fees are not applicable for changes to reward bookings in J or F (see below). You may be able to spin this for making a new booking given state of the website today...

Any guesses (or ideally, intel) on timing of next 'wave' of seat releases? I am eagerly awaiting QF3 SYD-AKL-JFK which appears to have zero reward seats released across the year even in Y.

All A380s back in service are refurbished with the Business Suite in a 1-2-1 layout, along with a refreshed onboard lounge.

Affirmative. Someone a little trigger happy over at QF!

In the event of major website issues (likely), my tactic will be checking availability on Expert Flyer for U, P fare buckets on the specific flights I'm targeting and get on the blower to QFF. Has anyone had experience where EF doesn't accurately represent award fare class availability? P.S...

This ended up being my experience - was rebooked onto another flight BNE to PER via SYD where there was no award space available. Agent explained that they secured seats in I class and had to have ticketing force convert it to a U (reward) ticket. Fairly seamless process. Seems it is standard...

Has anyone ever seen QF Gold have business reward seats released for a domestic flight? QF have cancelled a series of BNE-PER flights for our dates and have us flying at 16:15 instead of 07:00 as originally booked which means we miss an event. I would be happy for them to re-book us to PER via...

For some reason, one of my recent $50+ spends at a participating BP Rewards store didn’t seem to count as the ‘countdown’ on my BP app didn’t update from that transaction, but it did from a following transaction at another BP store. QFF points posted as expected and the first store definitely...