Premium Y - LAX to SYD

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Just booked a US trip, leaving in 3 weeks.

On checking my booking tonight I discovered the option was available to upgrade to premium economy, which was a surprise as I didn't think that was available on this route.

I'm on the 380 outbound, so happy to sample Y for the first time on that, but what should I do on the return trip? 45000 points for Premium Y upgrade, or 72,000 for J? Is Premium Y worth the points, or better to spend the 27,000 extra and go upstairs?
 
It is surely related to teh number of points that you have.

Personally if I had say 80K points I would try to upgrade to Y+ both ways rather than Y one way and J the other.

However if I had a million points it would be straight to J both ways.
 
When you upgrade now on a flight with a Prem Y cabin, I think you tick both boxes - ie you ask for business and prem Y and they will give you business if there is a seat and if not try and squeeze you into prem Y.

My philosophy with upgrades is that whenever I'm in Y, I request an upgrade out of that class!
 
I'm booked in Premium Y on the A380 from SIN to SYD in February. Anyone know which seats would be the best in that cabin? The seatguru doesn't have much on the Qantas A380 besides the seat map. I'm thinking 34A/B or 34J/K since I'm travelling with my wife. Any thoughts?
 
Re: Premium Y - LAX to SYD (SNG-LHR)

I was about to ask a similar Qn re Premium Y on SNG-LHR-SNG. I have an upgradeable Y booking and my only experience of Premium Y was on BA transatlantic (OK, I suppose). It appears that both Premium Y and Business are available...

Can anyone comment on the reclinability (very important) and legroom (less important)?
 
PlutekPlutek said:
I'm booked in Premium Y on the A380 from SIN to SYD in February. Anyone know which seats would be the best in that cabin? The seatguru doesn't have much on the Qantas A380 besides the seat map. I'm thinking 34A/B or 34J/K since I'm travelling with my wife. Any thoughts?
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Purely off the seat maps, I would be chasing 34JK, 34AB or 38JK followed by any other AB/JK combination.
 
Dave42 said:
Just booked a US trip, leaving in 3 weeks.

On checking my booking tonight I discovered the option was available to upgrade to premium economy, which was a surprise as I didn't think that was available on this route.

I'm on the 380 outbound, so happy to sample Y for the first time on that, but what should I do on the return trip? 45000 points for Premium Y upgrade, or 72,000 for J? Is Premium Y worth the points, or better to spend the 27,000 extra and go upstairs?
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I flew Premium Economy for the first time on QF2 the other day. It's a fantastic option. I think it's much closer to J than it is to Y. I'll put up a trip report on it this week as it doesn't look as though anyone has reported on it here yet(?).

There was some suggestion on here that waitlisting for a J upgrade would result in going into the Premium Economy waitlist pool if you failed on the J allocation. If someone can confirm this then perhaps it's a good option as it maximises your chances of avoiding Y?

By the way, are you on the A380 on the way back too? I flew J on it on the delivery flight and it's fantastic, with the new generation Skybeds and a very roomy J cabin. If it is, then J for sure.
 
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There was some suggestion on here that waitlisting for a J upgrade would result in going into the Premium Economy waitlist pool if you failed on the J allocation. If someone can confirm this then perhaps it's a good option as it maximises your chances of avoiding Y?...
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When you request Upgrade to Business on flights where Premium Econ is available, you can tick a box to accept upgrade to Y+ if J is unavailable.
 
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Prof Henry said:
When you request Upgrade to Business on flights where Premium Econ is available, you can tick a box to accept upgrade to Y+ if J is unavailable.
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That's an excellent option. It's worth noting though that Y+ is selling very well apparently so there might be more chance of finding a J seat than a Y+ seat on points..
 
WTL said:
That's an excellent option. It's worth noting though that Y+ is selling very well apparently so there might be more chance of finding a J seat than a Y+ seat on points..
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There are 72 seats in J compared to 32 in Y+ so guess based on numbers, J could be easier to upgrade to ;)
 
Alanslegal said:
There are 72 seats in J compared to 32 in Y+ so guess based on numbers, J could be easier to upgrade to ;)
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And the points-price differential isn't too bad when compared with the big difference in seat reclinability and legroom. On the SNG-LHR leg for which I've requested an upgrade, the Y+ is 35,000# and J is 56,000. If only I'd clicked back over into Platinum this year ... my chances would be even better.
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Dave42 said:
Just booked a US trip, leaving in 3 weeks.

On checking my booking tonight I discovered the option was available to upgrade to premium economy, which was a surprise as I didn't think that was available on this route.

I'm on the 380 outbound, so happy to sample Y for the first time on that, but what should I do on the return trip? 45000 points for Premium Y upgrade, or 72,000 for J? Is Premium Y worth the points, or better to spend the 27,000 extra and go upstairs?
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Premium Y and J are both upstairs on the 380
:D
 
WTL said:
By the way, are you on the A380 on the way back too? I flew J on it on the delivery flight and it's fantastic, with the new generation Skybeds and a very roomy J cabin. If it is, then J for sure.
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A seat on the delivery flight? Priceless! :p

I'm on a 747 on the way back... strange how suddenly that seems so old fashioned...
 
Don't laugh - next week's LAX-MEL flights via AKL seem to be on the old 747-300 - mind you the J fares are still the same!
 
Dave42 said:
A seat on the delivery flight? Priceless! :p

I'm on a 747 on the way back... strange how suddenly that seems so old fashioned...
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You're dead right. Getting off the A380 and onto a 747 back to LHR made the Boeing's fit-out seem so dated and aged in comparison. Of course it's not, it's just going from a brand-spanking new plane to one that's been around for who knows how long that certainly gives that impression.

Anyhow, I think you'll be really happy with Y+ if you get it.
 
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