QFF Platinum requesting release of extra Classic Reward seats?

[sudoer]

For me, it's frustrating seeing all fare classes available aside from E (economy lead-in sale) and X (economy reward), necessitating a phone call to get seats released on flights that are basically empty. Fair enough when an airline has genuine inventory control on reward seats, but there's a difference between that and turning most of them off.

I disagree with this so long as the seats are successfully released.

I'd rather Qantas limits availability like this to those with status who are also prepared to research the ins, outs, and unpublished benefits of the program.

 

[ChrisFlyer]

I disagree with this so long as the seats are successfully released.

I'd rather Qantas limits availability like this to those with status who are also prepared to research the ins, outs, and unpublished benefits of the program.

It's more the time waste. When a domestic economy seat at an off-peak time booked in advance is something that requires knowing about unpublished benefits, using third party software to check fare classes and bugging the call centre to book a domestic ticket like it's 1980, I wouldn't say it's a helpful development. The phone trick is a last resort when you can't find something. When it becomes Plan A for such a basic booking, it's concerning. They already have the ability to control live reward seat inventory by status - so when they're hiding most classic reward seats even from Plats and just showing almost everything as classic plus, you have to wonder about the future of classic as a product, longer term.