Anyone Notice How Rare QR Saver Seats Are Becoming?

[dsotm]

Looking for a Europe trip next September/October. Has anyone else noticed how 80K/90K J Saver availability has evaporated? There seems to be a lot of options going to Europe but it’s bleak on the return sectors. For most of the year 90K redemptions are very hard if not impossible to find. I’m hoping this tight supply loosens up soon.

 

[Hunter4vr]

Looking for a Europe trip next September/October. Has anyone else noticed how 80K/90K J Saver availability has evaporated? There seems to be a lot of options going to Europe but it’s bleak on the return sectors. For most of the year 90K redemptions are very hard if not impossible to find. I’m hoping this tight supply loosens up soon.

I found that you need to book right on release, they tend to be snapped up fairly quick. I just searched and can see 90k J Savers for pretty much every day to Adelaide in the last week of September but couldn't find anything to Melbourne.

I've definitely noticed more saver awards opening up at the -330 day window when the VA schedule opens. I believe QR converts some of the Flexi awards to Saver if the uptake is low, in turn making them bookable on VA.

 

[dsotm]

I found that you need to book right on release, they tend to be snapped up fairly quick. I just searched and can see 90k J Savers for pretty much every day to Adelaide in the last week of September but couldn't find anything to Melbourne.

I've definitely noticed more saver awards opening up at the -330 day window when the VA schedule opens. I believe QR converts some of the Flexi awards to Saver if the uptake is low, in turn making them bookable on VA.

Thanks! That's some great info there. I've been weighing up cancelling my outbound flights MEL-DPS-MXP and reversing them as there is heaps of availability from Europe into SE Asia, but stuff-all to Melbourne. I can get CDG (preferred departure point back to DPS then MEL, but not Melbourne via DOH. I'm halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide so I'll have a look at SA flights.

 

[dsotm]

Interesting how there is so much availability to Adelaide but no love for Melbourne. I do notice it's a non Qsuites A350-900 from DOH-ADL though.

 

[Hunter4vr]

This is likely subject to change. While they're probably planning to use some non-Qsuite aircraft, I expect Qsuites will still be the norm. From their perspective, it's much safer and easier to advertise a standard seat and swap it for a Qsuite later, rather than the other way around.

If they promise a Qsuite upfront, their Qsuite guarantee kicks in, meaning you can demand to be rebooked on another Qsuite flight within 500 miles if there's an equipment swap.