Qantas Confirmed Upgrades

[levelnine]

So loyalty is dead
Cash is king

It will depend on how regularly they offer these confirmed paid upgrades and at what price. To be seen.

 

[SYD]

It will depend on how regularly they offer these confirmed paid upgrades and at what price. To be seen.

The “price” being the key thing. Expect not cheap.

 

[mviy]

My plan has been to try to get LTG (still working towards that) then pivot to travelling on points a lot. Not sure that’s going to work out as hoped, especially with the confirmed upgrades using cash changes. Still, lounge access for life (hopefully) will be nice.

 

[moa999]

Just remember confirmed redemptions are released first. Just got to be quick.

 

[Spamam]

Points upgrades on long hauls are the main reason I stick with QF. If the upgrades by points become unobtainable then I’ll look at another strategy when I hit lifetime gold in a year. Going to the US I’ll stick with QANTAS, but Europe and Asia has so many good options with comfier seats and better service. Hopefully the confirmed upgrades will be too expensive.

 

[Assassin]

Has anyone actually receive an offer yet?

 

[gethsemene]

I also think this will affect the availability of last minute award flights, I sometimes find long haul award flights to become randomly available 1-2 weeks out and then if you'd booked fully flex you could switch to that, if they have a $$ option to shift unbooked seats instead...