BNE-CNS swap/downgrade

[jonboixxx]

As a regular flyer (WP) to Cairns, there has been diminished service for a while. 737 to Embraer (no Wifi and almost no IFE). Often a bus at BNE because of standoff etc. Tomorrow there is a swap to a one class Alliance, but my question is, if already booked in J, why would all seats forward of row 9 be already allocated by the time my notification came through? I asked the Qantas agent, but she just said all seats had been allocated. I thought about booking a VA $167 economy flight (QF $404) but apparently QF will refund 31,200 pts (2 seats), so we'll see.

 

[sudoer]

Looks like you're referring to 8:05am QF1882? That's the only departure I can see without J seating today.

It seems the seats are genuinely filled... (although there are a couple available in row 7 and 8)