Qantas Upgrades - Successes or Failures (post results)

[CaptainCurtis]

They will likely want to wait until you are in the air and have certainty on your LAX arrival time before rebooking

I ended up being rebooked onto an Alaskan flight with a 3.5 hour layover in LAX. Does/should Qantas re-accommodate onto non-Oneworld partners in these cases? There was a Delta flight with a shorter layover, but the Qantas staff member at baggage transfer in LAX said she couldn't do it.

The rebooking was pretty poorly handled - SYD F lounge told me cabin crew would advise details of my new flight, cabin crew told me there would be someone waiting in the aerobridge at LAX, pilot told us to check our apps, Qantas staff waiting at baggage claim told us to speak to staff at baggage transfer. There was a single Qantas staff member at LAX baggage transfer who was clearly frazzled and couldn't help much. LAX F lounge similarly couldn't help. Perhaps the question to ask is, who should/could have helped in this situation?

 

[adygry]

Classic Upgrade Reward from Discount Business to First on QF12 at 48 hours before departure.

 

[RJD77]

Gold/LTS: 25/7 QF1 PE saver to J, 9/8 QF34 from CDG PE Sale to J. Both approx T-28H, worst J seats so def just scraped in!

 

[DejaBrew]

Gold/LTS: 25/7 QF1 PE saver to J, 9/8 QF34 from CDG PE Sale to J. Both approx T-28H, worst J seats so def just scraped in!

Congrats and a very warm welcome aboard AFF @RJD77

 

[sww199]

QF6 FCO-PER, 2x Y (saver) requested to J with PE backup, upgraded to PE at T-20. I am SG.

 

[Big John]

Gold/LTS: 25/7 QF1 PE saver to J, 9/8 QF34 from CDG PE Sale to J. Both approx T-28H, worst J seats so def just scraped in!

Welcome to AFF and don't worry about getting the worst seats in J.

The worst seats in J are miles better than the best seats in Y !

 

[CaptainCurtis]

Upgrade from Flexible Economy to Business on todays QF12 at T-25 as WP. Surprised by the late notification given loads were showing J9 C9 D9 I9. Now showing I0, but plenty of seats in other fare classes.

Once again just waiting for the inevitable delay or cancellation.

 

[TeaKozy]

20/08 QF158 AKL-MEL P1 flexY-J at T-12. Was showing J0 so must have had a few switch to the earlier flight. Escorts on both arrival and departure.

 

[Wong.a]

Another data point:
Discount J to F on 01Sep2025 QF11 (SYD-LAX).
Requested as a WP and received notification at T-19 or so (I had already checked in and thought it wouldn’t go through).

Excellent flight! The FAs really went all out.

 

[fletty]

WP PE>J QF73 SYD-SFO on 7-Sep
Was J8 this morning but now J0 and no text so not looking promising. Have selected upgrade to gate, fingers crossed there's a chance..

 

[MEL_Traveller]

WP PE>J QF73 SYD-SFO on 7-Sep
Was J8 this morning but now J0 and no text so not looking promising. Have selected upgrade to gate, fingers crossed there's a chance..

QF7 SYD-DFW has been cancelled tomorrow (7 sept) so i imagine the remaining flights to the US will be near capacity?

 

[joelby]

Success! 06 September QF94 LAX-MEL from J (business sale) to F at around T-25. Requested as SG, then ticked over to WP in the meantime.

 

[fletty]

QF7 SYD-DFW has been cancelled tomorrow (7 sept) so i imagine the remaining flights to the US will be near capacity?

Ahh, probably explains why Y went from being reasonably quiet to suddenly full.

Bulkhead PE and a few hours in the SYD Flounge should make it enjoyable enough

 

[Beano]

I've had several op-ups and a few points upgrades. I would say points upgrade Y to J success was 50%. This was on PER-MEL or PER-SYD flights. On one occasion with a re-routing WLG- MEL-PER to WLG-SYD-PER, within 1 hour of departing WLG and 2 hour layover in SYD, I succeeded in an upgrade on points from SYD to PER. Recently , two op-ups in a week. It had happened once before.

See another forum on recent upgrades for frequent flyers. Qantas Courtesy Upgrade Love.

 

[flyingfan]

Success BKK-SYD - × 3 so I was a little anxious that many might be harder.

Thanks to Captain Halliday, was showing J5 C5 D5 I0 U0 shortly before the success text came at T-25.

 

[CaptainCurtis]

Upgrade from Premium Economy Saver to Business on Tuesdays QF73 at T-59 as WP. Loads were showing J9 prior to notification, and are still showing J9. A little surprised by the early notification as I thought they may hold space given recent cancellations on QF7/8, but they must have that covered.

Usually fly on the A380 so not intimately familiar with the best seats - any downsides to 1K?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Upgrade from Premium Economy Saver to Business on Tuesdays QF73 at T-59 as WP. Loads were showing J9 prior to notification, and are still showing J9. A little surprised by the early notification as I thought they may hold space given recent cancellations on QF7/8, but they must have that covered.

Usually fly on the A380 so not intimately familiar with the best seats - any downsides to 1K?

it’s a very good seat, private and a slightly wider footwell (although i have no problems with the regular footwells on QF).

 

[fkcn]

I’ve requested J to F on QF2, as SG but will be Plat afew weeks before flight. Is it worth calling as Plat to ask for upgrade, or makes no difference and should just wait for email, or lack of, closer to time?

 

[Pushka]

I’ve requested J to F on QF2, as SG but will be Plat afew weeks before flight. Is it worth calling as Plat to ask for upgrade, or makes no difference and should just wait for email, or lack of, closer to time?

You don't call for upgrade but only through MMB. You could cancel original and reapply when WP but not sure if it would make any difference. I'd expect it to know you've gone up a level. But this is Qantas I guess