QF Domestic Business Upgrades

[MelUser]

I am clear on QF international Y-J upgrades - yield management deals with upgrade requests in the 24 hours before flight departure.

How does it work domestically?

For example, if I am travelling [2 passengers] from Melbourne to Perth (return) - I have checked via a dummy FF redemption booking - there is one business redemption seat MEL to PER however at least 2 business redemption seats PER to MEL.

Does this mean that if I buy upgradeable flights in both directions and lodge points upgrade requests that:

(1) MEL to PER will be treated as per international upgrade - ie dealt with by yield management in 24 hours before flight departure [because there is only one business redemption seat available now]?

(2) PER to MEL will be confirmed immediately that the points upgrade request is lodged [because there are 2 business redemption seats available now]?

thanks

 

[Dave Noble]

If you book 2 upgradeable flights as separate itineraries, you can upgrade one of them both directions immediately and the other can be upgraded one way. You can then keep an eye out for another redemption seat later or at the Qantas Club on departure

If booked as a single booking, the online system will not , iirc, upgrade just one of the passengers but will only do both; I assume that if you phone that the QF staff could do just the one booking

If you do not want to risk having each in separate cabins, then you need to wait and hope that 2 seats become available or that you can get them on departure

there is no waitlisting for domestic upgrades

Dave

 

[opusman]

(1) MEL to PER will be treated as per international upgrade - ie dealt with by yield management in 24 hours before flight departure [because there is only one business redemption seat available now]?

The online domestic flight upgrade system either confirms the upgrade immediately, or it fails immediately. If another redemption seat does not become available before the cut-off period the only option will be to try for an ODU in the QP.

 

[MelUser]

Thanks for that - the domestic upgrade system is indeed different to the international one.

2 further questions:

(1) International upgrades to business are into (U) class. Is this the same for domestic?

(2) How do I check (U) class availability on seatcounter - it never seems to be there.

thanks

 

[Dave Noble]

(1) International upgrades to business are into (U) class. Is this the same for domestic?

(2) How do I check (U) class availability on seatcounter - it never seems to be there.

thanks

(1) yup, they are

(2) the easiest way to search is to use the QF award booking tool imo

Dave