I do not get it - no upgrades allowed if you have purchased a Red E Deal ticket! How stupid is that? To me, just plain bad business sense even though I do not have the inside info on why they have this stupid rule - other then they are pushing for people to buy higher priced Y seats
I understand that you need to prioritize upgrades so the more you pay, the higher your status, the better your opportunity is but at the same time, Qantas have millions of FF points on their books that surely they would love to burn off??? That being the case, why not make a Red E ticket upgradable but at the bottom of the ladder. In other words, on the day of the flight, even an hour before the flight closes, if there are seats available in PE or Business why not let anyone who has bought a ticket by any means use points to upgrade. The seat is there, the passenger is already occupying a seat in Y so what is the big deal - extra catering?
I am flying to LA with the family tomorrow and bought Red E tickets because there are four of us. Fortunately because I am Platinum I could choose our seats early and so we are sitting at the back upstairs on the A380 - when I travel for work I fly PE or Business, enough for me to be a Platinum Frequent Flyer for the last four years which in turn means tons of FF points. I could have handed Qantas over 300,000 points if they would have allowed me to move my family a few rows forward to Business - and what would it have cost them? Maybe four more Business Class meals? It would have been the most profitable meals they would have sold in a long time!!!!
Is it just me or is it one of the most stupid rules Qantas have? Has anyone ever had this situation and been upgraded at the club just before the flight shuts? I have just checked online and with 24 hours to the flight, I could still book 9 seats in Business and 5 seats in First - that tells me that they are far from full in those cabins and I am sure that most passengers who are trying for a points upgrade will have gotten them by now - I always do at least 24 hours ahead of flight time!!
I understand that you need to prioritize upgrades so the more you pay, the higher your status, the better your opportunity is but at the same time, Qantas have millions of FF points on their books that surely they would love to burn off??? That being the case, why not make a Red E ticket upgradable but at the bottom of the ladder. In other words, on the day of the flight, even an hour before the flight closes, if there are seats available in PE or Business why not let anyone who has bought a ticket by any means use points to upgrade. The seat is there, the passenger is already occupying a seat in Y so what is the big deal - extra catering?
I am flying to LA with the family tomorrow and bought Red E tickets because there are four of us. Fortunately because I am Platinum I could choose our seats early and so we are sitting at the back upstairs on the A380 - when I travel for work I fly PE or Business, enough for me to be a Platinum Frequent Flyer for the last four years which in turn means tons of FF points. I could have handed Qantas over 300,000 points if they would have allowed me to move my family a few rows forward to Business - and what would it have cost them? Maybe four more Business Class meals? It would have been the most profitable meals they would have sold in a long time!!!!
Is it just me or is it one of the most stupid rules Qantas have? Has anyone ever had this situation and been upgraded at the club just before the flight shuts? I have just checked online and with 24 hours to the flight, I could still book 9 seats in Business and 5 seats in First - that tells me that they are far from full in those cabins and I am sure that most passengers who are trying for a points upgrade will have gotten them by now - I always do at least 24 hours ahead of flight time!!
), that way I'll not only get a J seat, but I'll get to pick the seat I want.
