Do upgraded/award bookings still get op-up'd?

[pplion]

Does anyone know whether bookings upgraded using points (eg from Y to U class) or bookings made in award classes (eg, X/Z/U) still get considered for op-ups? Or are they 'passed over' in favour of lower status passengers on 'genuine' commercial bookings? For example, would a CLPO passenger who paid cash for Y, who used points to upgrade to J, still be first in line for any op-up into F?

 

[Happy Trails]

I've had a few in the past year.
Booked PE, upgraded to J with points and then op-up to F.

 

[danny09]

You always here about stories of people upgrading to J & then op-up to F, I really hope this happens to me in 3 weeks

 

[drsmithy]

Does anyone know whether bookings upgraded using points (eg from Y to U class) or bookings made in award classes (eg, X/Z/U) still get considered for op-ups? Or are they 'passed over' in favour of lower status passengers on 'genuine' commercial bookings? For example, would a CLPO passenger who paid cash for Y, who used points to upgrade to J, still be first in line for any op-up into F?

I've been op-uped to domestic J on a Y points booking (couldn't tell you the class, this was years ago before I knew about such things).

 

[Princess Fiona]

I've had a few in the past year.
Booked PE, upgraded to J with points and then op-up to F.

Can only points upgrade ASA's not Classic Awards though so that will be dying out over the next while

I did suggest multiple times to QF that they should allow points upgrades on Classics but so far falling on deaf ears.

 

[ShaneN]

Does anyone know whether bookings upgraded using points (eg from Y to U class) or bookings made in award classes (eg, X/Z/U) still get considered for op-ups? Or are they 'passed over' in favour of lower status passengers on 'genuine' commercial bookings? For example, would a CLPO passenger who paid cash for Y, who used points to upgrade to J, still be first in line for any op-up into F?

Yes.

Has happened to me twice. In November 2013, booked PE SYD-HKG, points upgrade to J, op-upped to F at check-in. First and only experience of QF F on the A380.

In September 2010, booked a classic award flight LHR-HKG-SYD in J. Op-up to F at the gate for the LHR-HKG leg.

WP status may have helped in 2013, but in 2010 I was a lowly bronze.

 

[JohnK]

Dad and I were op-uped to business PER-SYD from an Economy Oneworld award but that was a few years ago now.

 

[jswong]

Also happened to me twice

The first time was a while back as a gold, points upgrade from Y-J, and the op-upped to F on board SIN-SYD. Second time was in July this year Y+-J upgrade with points, and then op-upped to F at gate HKG-SYD. Both on an A380

Jeff