Qantas Courtesy Upgrade Love

[tm84]

AKL - SYD nothing. There is one free seat in J.

SYD - BKK nothing. Not sure if any seats free but no platinum free love for me .

 

[Flyfrequently]

SYD - BKK nothing. Not sure if any seats free but no platinum free love for me .

but thanks for reporting in @tm84

 

[Beano]

I don't know if this is trend but recently I have been given op-ups when parts of my trip have not gone to schedule, e.g. delayed flights and missed connections, or technical issues with planes.

Saying that, on one trip where the flight was 9 hours late and initially arrived at a different airport, and on another 24 hours late, there was no subsequent op-up, nor any compensation. Food vouchers and two overnight hotel stays were included.
Based on these replies, is it possible to calculate a success rate?

 

[tm84]

I don't know if this is trend but recently I have been given op-ups when parts of my trip have not gone to schedule, e.g. delayed flights and missed connections, or technical issues with planes.

Saying that, on one trip where the flight was 9 hours late and initially arrived at a different airport, and on another 24 hours late, there was no subsequent op-up, nor any compensation. Food vouchers and two overnight hotel stays were included.
Based on these replies, is it possible to calculate a success rate?

I was moved from QF4 to QF140 due to QF4 being late and would mean I’d miss QF295. Thought they may show me some love for having to get to the airport earlier (they tried to charge me for the flight change?!) but alas it wasn’t the case.

 

[AIRwin]

Oh I was deciding between QF (using up a remaining credit) and VA (double points) for a domestic flight so I may just try my luck with QF then but I've probably jinxed myself

No upgrade again

 

[ChrisMars]

Success on CBR-MEL 737. It got processed overnight, for an early flight. J was full, flight on time.

 

[scopedope]

3 flights this week, no joy but 2 offers of "last minute upgrade".

 

[dylarr]

Has anyone had any luck scoring a comp upgrade on any of the E190 opby Alliance services recently?

Was hoping I may have had a chance this morning MEL-LST as there were zero pax in the 10 seat J cabin but alas no such luck this time.

 

[Aeryn]

I have a feeling it's only happening when there is an operational need, then just rebranding as a loyalty thing.

I just got off a completely full 737, late departing and they were paging 2 passengers, one was a free upgrade to the last J seat, heard FA"s debating whether to wait or leave without the free upgrade, 30 secs later he boarded, heard FA ask "where were you" but i didn't hear the reply.

 

[SJF211]

Not technically a courtesy upgrade but J wasn’t sold on yesterday’s QF1950 E190 ADL-DRW flight so was able to sit in the J cabin. Didn’t eat and then slept for the rest of the flight so was essentially the same as if I had payed anyways.

 

[wannabeinvestmentbanker]

I got one on a last minute personal BNE-SYD as a P1 a couple of weeks ago. This seemed at the discretion of the lounge team and much appreciated. Most of my flying is in the top cabin so nice to see we get looked after when having to book down the back.

 

[NSun]

After more than 7 years as a WP and 13k lifetime status credits, finally got my first one flying SYD-MEL earlier this week. It was a rare 787 domestic flight and I suspect I wasn't the only one to get a complimentary upgrade as the crew gave an announcement telling people in economy to stay in their allocated seats for takeoff for 'aircraft weight balance' purposes.

 

[Boeyn]

I got one on a morning SYD-MEL earlier this week. No notification, I only noticed when I looked at by BP after scanning it to get into the lounge and realised the row number was much lower than I had recalled selecting.

Definitely wasn’t a normal op-up, as my BP had ‘Thanks for your loyalty. Enjoy the upgrade!‘ in the ‘Service information’ section.

Cabin crew didn’t treat me any differently to Dom 737 flights I have taken as U or cash J bookings. The J cabin might have had 1-2 other seats free, but otherwise I think the flight had a very light load - they boarded groups 1 and 2 at the same time, which was a first for me on a golden triangle sector.