QFF Platinum requesting release of extra Classic Reward seats?

[Josh]

Does anyone get the sense that QF have dramatically tightened the screws on CR releases in recent months? Since post-covid, I've been able to secure CR releases for MEL/SYD/BNE-LAX with almost relative ease - 50-60% of my requested flights would come back approved.
However, recently I've been trying for mid-this year (flights below), and all have been rejected. Most of these have I9 in EF.
Note that this request is a move of an existing CR Release MEL-LAX return that I'm meant to fly next week, which is 2 Adults + 1 Inf. Also, I wonder if because I paid at the pre-Aug 5 rates they're denying the release (I wouldn't think so).
Keen to hear anyone elses recent experience with having MEL/SYD/BNE-LAX released for later this year, and if there's any dates they've been successful at.

30-Jul QF11
30-Jul QF93
30-Jul QF15
31-Jul QF93
31-Jul QF11
31-Jul QF15
20-Aug QF93
20-Aug QF11
20-Aug QF15
21-Aug QF93
21-Aug QF11
28-Aug QF93 6-Sep QF94
28-Aug QF11 6-Sep QF12
4-Sep QF93 13-Sep QF94
4-Sep QF11 13-Sep QF12

(21-Aug and before, she only checked the outbound. The last 4 were a different agent, who checked both segments)

 

[fkcn]

Does anyone get the sense that QF have dramatically tightened the screws on CR releases in recent months? Since post-covid, I've been able to secure CR releases for MEL/SYD/BNE-LAX with almost relative ease - 50-60% of my requested flights would come back approved.
However, recently I've been trying for mid-this year (flights below), and all have been rejected. Most of these have I9 in EF.
Note that this request is a move of an existing CR Release MEL-LAX return that I'm meant to fly next week, which is 2 Adults + 1 Inf. Also, I wonder if because I paid at the pre-Aug 5 rates they're denying the release (I wouldn't think so).
Keen to hear anyone elses recent experience with having MEL/SYD/BNE-LAX released for later this year, and if there's any dates they've been successful at.

30-Jul QF11
30-Jul QF93
30-Jul QF15
31-Jul QF93
31-Jul QF11
31-Jul QF15
20-Aug QF93
20-Aug QF11
20-Aug QF15
21-Aug QF93
21-Aug QF11
28-Aug QF93 6-Sep QF94
28-Aug QF11 6-Sep QF12
4-Sep QF93 13-Sep QF94
4-Sep QF11 13-Sep QF12

(21-Aug and before, she only checked the outbound. The last 4 were a different agent, who checked both segments)

Limited experience as only Plat for afew months. But have had zero success with afew requests, most recently despite Sin to Syd showing 9+ PE seats available on T class/sale fare. No transparency as to how this is decided, beyond ‘computer says no’. I don’t see wasting my time as a great perk.