Update on recent flights and successes;
QF Gold (at time of flying)
Have had success on 6 of 8 local Mel to Syd, Syd to Mel flights.
April 2022
QF11 Syd to LAX: Economy to J Fail
AA73 LAX to SYD: Economy to J No Attempt
May 2022
QF7 - Syd to DFW: PE to J Success (26 hours out)
QF94 - LAX to Mel: PE to J Success (26 hours out)
QF773 - Mel to Per: Economy to J Success (24 hours out)
QF776 - Per to Mel: Economy to J Success (24 hours out)
June 2022
QF19 Syd to MNL: Economy to J Success (26 hours out)
QF20 MNL to Syd: Economy to J Success (26 hours out)
Exclusively use my points for upgrades only and not to bad so far.
Sorry left out..
The June QF20 from MNL to Syd was delayed by a couple of hours in MNL, absolute chaos on the Tuesday morning with seamless connection queue 50 deep in the Priority queue (hundreds in the general).
Missed my connecting flight SYD to MEL which had been an upgrade to J.. was re-booked on another only 1 hour out and still in J (had to get supervisor authority to take the J seat as it was being held).. agent never even mentioned possible downgrade whilst looking through availability..
I was very calm, polite and empathised with her situation (ignoring my own).. I'm certain "be nice, get nice" was in effect.