How many F seats are avail per flight for Classic redemption

[hgwells01]

Doing some trip planning for our cruise out of Hong Kong next year. Hoping to fly first from Syd to HK and then J back from Singapore on points. I've worked out I can't book 2 classic award seats in F, will only let me do one, but he has enough points to do a booking for himself and I have enough to do a F seat for myself and 2 J class back, but I don't want to book one online and find I can't secure a second one, will the CC tell me how many are avail or does anyone here know how many seats are usually avail?

 

[Happy Trails]

Almost never more than one F seat available in this route.

 

[kevrosmith]

Doing some trip planning for our cruise out of Hong Kong next year. Hoping to fly first from Syd to HK and then J back from Singapore on points. I've worked out I can't book 2 classic award seats in F, will only let me do one, but he has enough points to do a booking for himself and I have enough to do a F seat for myself and 2 J class back, but I don't want to book one online and find I can't secure a second one, will the CC tell me how many are avail or does anyone here know how many seats are usually avail?

Have you tried to use a tool like ExpertFlyer to check on the fare availability. EF will show you the current availability for flights in each of the reward seat fare classes. It has a free 5 day trial, I think. Very handy tool for US$99 pa otherwise.

 

[BD1959]

Almost never more than one F seat available in this route.

A quick trawl through EF for dates toward the end of January and into the beginning of February next year supports this - when there *is* availability, never more than P1.

Regards,

BD

 

[hgwells01]

Maybe one classic and one if I call for an ASA, is that possible?

 

[Happy Trails]

Maybe one classic and one if I call for an ASA, is that possible?

No, they're both taken from the same pool.
If you had QF platinum status you might have a chance of getting an additional seat released, but that seems not to be the case from your profile.

 

[ketsuzei]

Stick him in J, he'll muddle through.

 

[ketsuzei]

And if you book his J as a JASA, he might be able to upgrade and join you in F.

 

[Happy Trails]

And if you book his J as a JASA, he might be able to upgrade and join you in F.

That is a good idea, assuming that 'P' and 'U' are both available, but lack of QF status would weigh against them in the upgrade stakes.

 

[Princess Fiona]

And if you book his J as a JASA, he might be able to upgrade and join you in F.

This is exactly what Shrek and I are doing in June, a FASA and a JASA with points upgrade requests in.
In the interests of fairness we are doing the return flight in reverse

 

[Kangol]

This is exactly what Shrek and I are doing in June, a FASA and a JASA with points upgrade requests in.
In the interests of fairness we are doing the return flight in reverse

Which way are you going in F?
Big decisions.. better sleep experience overnight (128) or tasting menu (127)??
That is, I assume the tasting menu is available on 127?

 

[Princess Fiona]

Which way are you going in F?
Big decisions.. better sleep experience overnight (128) or tasting menu (127)??
That is, I assume the tasting menu is available on 127?

I'm doing F on 128, sleep on an A380 wins over food. I'm reasonably confident that I'll get my upgrade to old F on the way over