QANTAS Aircraft Changes Syd to Cairns

[Mrmrbagley]

I have flights coming up from Syd to Cairns in Sept on weekdays at 9:30am. When I booked as far as I could see the 9:30am flight was always an A330. I notice some flights have changed to a B737. One of my flights was an A330 and appeared close to full, departing just prior to school holiday start. Now it says it is a B737 but my seat selection still shows row 48 (which does not exist on a B737).
I have seen from other discussions the A330s are regularly servicing the Darwin routes.
Are they being pulled from the Syd to Cairns to service this or other routes?
I need to make this flight time. Is it likely that I am going to get bumped?

 

[Quickstatus]

Now it says it is a B737

Impossible to know for certain. Additionally even if were an A330, there is no guarantee that you will make that flight or for that matter any other flight.
Start think about contingencies to mitigate the potential of getting bumped.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Either you get bumped, or you get squashed into row B/E, ie, they in the end change your preferred seat.
Don't forget the wording "for operational and security reasons, your seats are not guaranteed..." or something like that.

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