flight upgrades

Some people may recall that Optiontown used to provide a cheap way to upgrade on a list of airlines including Egyptair, South African Airways, RwandAir, Vietnam Airlines, AirAsia X, Oman Air, Cambodia Angkor Air, and also some very niche carriers like Air Burkina from Burkina Faso. In 2019 I...

7News ran a story on this tonight. ‘Bid Cash’ is coming for Y upgrades. Looks like still perhaps a week or two away and yet to be repainted. Cabin looks now complete, looks like they still working underneath with parts off...

Hi everyone - was wondering if people have ever been given complementary/operational upgrades on Oneworld operated flights based off your QF status?

Qantas presents the following upgrade option during the booking process for a SYD-PER flight departing at 11.20am: I'm not sure I would be able to get a good night's sleep on a 4-5 hour flight departing at that time of day. But at least it would technically be possible in that seat, I guess...

For QF flight with AA codeshare number it doesn't allow to add baggage before the airport, and airport rates are $300 AUD. AA ticket is offering business upgrade per domestic leg. Upgrading increases free baggage to 2 pieces. Has anyone had experience with upgrading AA domestic leg, and has...

Hello all. I’m new to this forum but a long time FF. I need help / advice - bear with me on the long winded explanation! I came across an elusive QF BC Flight to CDG last week - and in my surprise and excitement - I booked it! The points were 1000 more than economy. A win! So I’m off to...

Hi all Wondering if anyone could help with an upgrade glitch I am getting. I am a platinum member with 2+ mil points, and flying with a gold partner. 1) Booked flex economy flight from CDG to PER for 25 Jan, flying in less than 48 hours now. Lodged an upgrade to business at the time of...

I'm flying with Fiji Airways next week and was invited to bid for an upgrade using their Bula Bid system. Went on to have a look at the minimum bids required and they seem a bit high: I won't take up their offer but thought some people on this forum might be interested to see how it works and...

Have been trying to find out what would happen in the scenario of a successful J Classic Upgrade QF1 SIN-LHR if I misconnected onto this sector due to the late arrival of my connecting QF37 flight from MEL? Would I forfeit the points in this case during rebooking? All flights would be booked...

Morning all, I am thinking of upgrading my flight to business. I am flying with Emirates, having booked with Qantas. When I go into Qantas it says, go to Emirates booking ref and when I go to Emirates it says ‘sorry you cannot purchase an upgrade’. Now check ins are pretty much automated, is...

I recently booked a flight from Melbourne to Darwin via Alice Springs. As this was 2 flights amounting to almost 5 hours of flying I decided to apply for a business upgrade using my FF points. This required 19000 points for both legs but as I have racked up a considerable number of points T's...

I was just having a look at EK's SIN-PNH flights, which they operate as a fifth-freedom route. If you want to upgrade using miles on this route, Emirates basically charges the amount of miles you'd expect to pay if flying via DXB. It's a 2-hour flight, so the amount of Skywards miles Emirates is...

I have an upcoming trip to Melbourne in economy flex (K). I’ve got an upgrade request in for the return leg but didn’t bother requesting for the morning flight down. At T-69 I got an email from the corporate travel agent saying there was a major change to the booking and looking at the details...

I was sitting once in the Maple Leaf Club in YVR, waiting to board a flight to BNE. One of the other passengers in the lounge, waiting for the SYD departure, was on a rather loud phone call where the main topic of conversation was whether his upgrade would come through. Apparently it did...

Hi Guys, My boss is paying for my flights Melbourne to Singapore. I don’t think he will pay for business, so likely an economy ticket. What is the likelihood booking with Qantas I can request an upgrade and it be approved? I am Qantas Bronze but have been longstanding customer ~ 2.8M in FF...

Do Qantas have bidding for upgrades? i've actually never flown with Qantas before and have a few trips to the USA next year. I don't have points to upgrade, but I also bought a special discounted economy fare so not even sure if an upgrade is available even if they do have bids.

My company requires us to book economy seats via Navan for work travel. I noticed that Navan now gives us the option to upgrade the flight after it is booked and pay using a personal credit card. The question I’ve got is if I pay for this upgrade will I earn SC at the original booking class...

So... I booked a room at the Novotel in Auckland at the airport. And was informed I had received an upgrade. Not a room upgrade. A hotel upgrade(!) And freaking heck this new Pullman at the airport is rather lovely.

Back in the 90's, Qantas would regularly upgrade their (then) top tier Gold Frequent Flyers should space be available (Ansett did similar too). For me and my associates this seemed to happen one in every four flights. The entire thing was not publicly documented. Late that decade, I...

Hello. The more I read, the more I get confused - so I am hoping you can help with my learning curve. My wife and I are in our early 60s and live in Adelaide. We are going to Los Angeles and then probably New York and some other US cities, and back to Australia this time next year. The Goal is...