Qantas Economy Plus Discussion

[mviy]

I have just bit the bullet and purchased Economy Plus seats for our upcoming SYD-PERTH reward flights.
Hoping it will be a bit more space.

Depends on the aircraft and which row/seat you selected, but as a tall traveller I find not having my knees hitting the seat in front the whole flight makes a big difference.

 

[exceladdict]

Depends on the aircraft and which row/seat you selected, but as a tall traveller I find not having my knees hitting the seat in front the whole flight makes a big difference.

Definitely. Almost want to do a status run to keep WP just for this on a handful of work trips...

 

[ellen10]

Depends on the aircraft and which row/seat you selected, but as a tall traveller I find not having my knees hitting the seat in front the whole flight makes a big difference.

Both flights have now been changed to a 737

 

[mad_atta]

Do you by any chance have the same email registered for more than one QFF account (eg family, kids etc) ?

Not that I am aware of, no.

But it's possible that my email address is also somehow associated with my partner's QFF account (though I don't get his emails) - I'll double check. Also, for some reason, although his name is correctly entered in his profile, on his app and in the personalised greeting at the top of his account page it says my first name not his, and we can't figure out how to change it.

 

[million_thanas1968]

I'm travelling this weekend SYD to BKK in Y and the seat selection has now fully opened up. The front row (A330 row 24) is showing as $110 per passenger to select (myself and my travelling companion are both WP), all other rows are $0. I phoned Qantas and they said this charge was introduced on 1 July this year and communicated with frequent flyers via email. I can't seem to locate any such notification, has anyone seen this?

Not communicated via my email, but I was told over the phone as well. Front row should open up a few hours before flight even up till boarding for free selection. In my experience as stated earlier, around 7hrs prior I was able to select row 23.

 

[gtrod]

Post pics!

 

[SYD]

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That seems to be an in between A332 enhancement. The complete refit includes IFE screens. But presumably, that’s decent legroom?

 

[gtrod]

That seems to be an in between A332 enhancement. The complete refit includes IFE screens. But presumably, that’s decent legroom?

Yep legroom feels very similar to economy plus on 737. Decent gap to the seat in front.

Looking across the aisle and my neighbour has knees just touching seat in front. So definitely worth checking any A332 bookings in future and if there’s no row 23 be sure to select the side sections for extra room.

Row 26 is especially bad on this config. You have half a window. When row 25 reclines you have no window at all.

No Economy Plus decals on the bins yet. I assume they’ll be added once it officially launches for the A330s.

 

[ellen10]

Thanks @gtrod for your photos and report on the Economy plus seats. Very helpful.

 

[moa999]

seems to be an in between A332 enhancement

The bulk of the 332s with iPads won't be upgraded but are getting this Economy Plus config.
(Only 10 upgrades of 16 in the fleet. Believe EBG and EBL will be the two without seatback IFE that will receive it)

 

[Capricornus]

Not that I am aware of, no.

But it's possible that my email address is also somehow associated with my partner's QFF account (though I don't get his emails) - I'll double check.

That might be the culprit if it’s the case. The new privacy regime (which came in force a few years ago) enforces companies to strictly obey email unsubscribing, so if one account with a shared email has unsubscribed than all accounts that share the same email are treated as unsubscribed.

 

[markis10]

Not a big fan of this enhancement, first Y flight for a while and didn’t think paying $100 for front was worth it. Front was filled on check-in by others and not selectable during OLCI. No shadow, afaik only 2 WPs going by CSM greeting.

 

[CaptJCool]

Flying today
First flight 1150 second flight 1950
These opened up this morning

 

[blackcat20]

I'm getting tired of being booted out of preselected "up front" seats by minor flight changes. In this case, new flight number but departure time etc identical. Yet suddenly the seats I selected months ago are now occupied by someone else.

 

[TheInsider]

I'm getting tired of being booted out of preselected "up front" seats by minor flight changes. In this case, new flight number but departure time etc identical. Yet suddenly the seats I selected months ago are now occupied by someone else.

That would mean a aircraft swap then to a completely different type?

 

[blackcat20]

That would mean a aircraft swap then to a completely different type?

Nope, its exactly the same.

 

[TheInsider]

Nope, its exactly the same.

What was the flight number to what it is now? Seems odd they are changing the flight number the if it's the same time

 

[Mr_Orange]

I'm getting tired of being booted out of preselected "up front" seats by minor flight changes. In this case, new flight number but departure time etc identical. Yet suddenly the seats I selected months ago are now occupied by someone else.

Not quite the same but on my recent BNE-ADL, I had preselected 2C. I ended up in 3F which was no real drama. The gentleman in 2C struck up a conversation with the lady next to me in 3D and thanked her for moving seats. She appeared to be unaware that her seat had changed. End of conversation.

If I was in 2C and the lady next to me had been moved, she must have been in 2A which means the couple seated in 2A/C must have originally been seated in 3D/F! I did ponder the reason for the move...... "we are sitting together but we want to sit together on a row further forward". Perhaps it was motivated by the J meal choices running out in Row 1, as often reported in that thread.

 

[blackcat20]

What was the flight number to what it is now? Seems odd they are changing the flight number the if it's the same time

QF1574 to QF1568. Same time, same date, same aircraft.

Edit. Apaprently its a "change of operating airline", ie its gone from QF to QF link.