Intl upgrade Request - Notification Period?

Points were deducted from my account the morning of a 5PM flight.

 

Best to phone in advance but I think if you are using Qantas Freight unaccompanied baggage service you can do it on the day of departure. The bag(s) may be put on the same flight you are on if space permits otherwise on the next available flight.

SYD International Airport Location

 

If I remember correctly a QF Silver gets the same checked baggage allowance of 30kgs as a business class passenger.

 

serfty is pretty much on the money here.

There is no set time.

The process last time I did it is something like:

X hours before travel, www.checkmytrip.com will show you waitlisted in J.
X- ~3 hours before travel, the waitlist will clear and you will be booked into J and be assigned a seat.

Your waitlist could technically clear any time until the doors close on the plane...

In my experience, the final allocation happens around 9pm-12am the night before.

But that's only a guess based on my experiences.

 

For my flight last Monday (late afternoon) the upgrade came through on the Sunday evening, so just a little under 24 hours notice. I just logged in my FF account in the preceeding days and was happy to see the points balance go down the night before the flight.

Good luck with the upgrade request.

 

Only if your upgrade clears. In economy it is 20kgs plus 10kg equals 30kg.

(I'm assuming you aren't flying to US which uses piece system - there the silver benefit is an extra piece, ie 3 pieces total regardless of whether your upgrade clears.)

 

Depending on just how much extra you need, it can sometimes be advantageous to book a circle pacific or round the world in order to get the benefit of higher checked baggage allowance under the piece system. Sadly no longer as good as it used to be with several airlines reducing the maximum weight per piece under the piece allowance.

 

Congrats