flight upgrades

I'm looking at visiting NYC early-mid next year. I have Velocity Platinum and just over 400,000 points. What's the best way to get a business seat? I was looking at purchasing Freedom fares (around $2800 return) and then using 90,000 points to upgrade (return) from Economy to Business. I've read...

https://experience.velocityfrequentflyer.com/flying-status/flying-with-virgin-australia/flight-upgrades/upgrademe-points-delta-air-lines Seems it uses reward inventory to upgrade your revenue fare, as award availability must be available. Points and Status Credits are earned on the original...

Does anyone know if the upgraded MCY airport is going to include a VA lounge?

Regarding recent public upgrade offer from qantas discovery to qantas ultimate, I wonder if anyone who did not receive this invitation has applied and got points yet. I was thinking of applying this upgrade get get 40k qantas points, however, when I logged in the request upgrade page, there was...

From the Oz (probably paywalled) ‘Unsafe’ airport in line for upgrade The 'unsafe' bit in the headline is probably a bit of hyperbole, but it seems it was a word used by a HBA air traffic controller. I don't know what to think about the authorities' attitude to Hobart airport. Over the past...

Need some advice for this leg. I am currently Platinum with both Virgin and Qantas, and heavily use Qantas for all Int'l legs, and use VA for domestic. My travel this year has mainly been centered around Mel-Sin leg, which means I have already qualified for QF Platinum for next year. So want to...

Apologies if this question has been asked somewhere else - am wondering... Does anybody know whether there's a better chance of points upgrade on QF11 SYD-LAX or QF7 SYD-DFW? I'll be travelling through to NYC, but trying to decide whether via LAX or DFW is better. I'm a WP, flying on a Tuesday...

I'm flying PER-SYD on the a330 in 2 weeks. Just put in a points upgrade request and got waitlisted. I checked the seating availability on BCD Travel and there's a tonne of availability. What are the odds of getting upgraded if I'm only VA Gold? Also I notice that the waitlisted people get...

hi Any thoughts on which is more likely to get an upgrade on QF: one of us is Gold, with 220K points, I'm lower status (just lost some) but 620k points. Which person is more likely to get the upgrade? thanks in advance.

Hi All just wondering if someone can clarify an upgrade question. Purchased a sale fare a while back which from my understanding can’t be upgraded. Once confirmed I checked it and sure enough I couldn’t use points to upgrade LAX -MEL. But I could submit an upgrade request from MEL -PER. The app...

Hi Frequent Flyers. Has anyone ever been upgraded only on the second part of QF1 or QF2, when flying all the way between Sydney and London through Dingapore (or Dubai a few years ago) I can see that a the time of requesting the upgrade online, there such an option to be considered for an ongate...

Hi AFF'ers, Myself and 3 family members are flying from Perth - Bris - LAX - JFK next month and I only purchased the cheap seats. Im silver status and to surprise Mum I put in for a business upgrade Perth - Bris and on the return trip Melb - Perth. Just logged into my QF account to check...

A hypothetical question... Would you like the ability to use Qantas points to upgrade a Jetstar 787 flight from economy to business class? And if Qantas were to introduce this, how many points should an upgrade on Jetstar cost?

I have a problem with Qantas FF points being used by someone else to purchase a Jetstar flight and upgrade it to business class. After many phone calls I have got exactly nowhere with both Qantas & Jetstar with both passing it back and forth, between them. How do I get my points returned to my...

Thought I would start a thread. Im plat and asked for an UG to F 6 mths ago 3 days out no upgrade.

We have a return booking for Mel to SFO in the month of Dec 2019. Onward journey is Elevate and return journey is Getaway. I am trying to understand how many points will be required to upgrade from Economy to Business. At this point , I am reluctant to bid for upgrade and will take my chances to...

Any thoughts on the best chance of getting a points upgrade from Premium Economy to Business SYD-LAX-SYD: Do I book QF using my LT Gold (22k LSC) or book VA using my Platinum status?

Has anyone done this on the HKG service and what have winning bids been like in terms of quantum?

I just returned from Las Vegas and have to compliment VA. I was due to fly out of LAS to LAX on Delta at 6:15 AM to connect with VA back to Brisbane. I'd upgraded to business using points. Imagine my disapointment when I got out of bed at 3:30 AM to find my Delta flight out of LAS had been...