flight upgrades

Basically as it says in the title. If you upgrade a family member from your FF account for a domestic, does it have the potential to instant confirm like when you upgrade yourself? Obviously assuming all the other criteria such as availability, etc. Just trying to work out if there’s a...

Hi there, apologies for the newbie question. I'm thinking of flying Business BNE-LHR either June or November (I know), but only have 77k Krisflyer miles - at best, I'm only going to be able to take the sting off, but want to lessen the pain as much as possible! Award flights are barely...

I was wondering how Qantas process the upgrade request on those services that stop in a city before continuing to the final destination. Using QF1 as example, which starts from SYD, stop at SIN before continuing to LHR, how would the upgrade requests being processed if say, the first leg of QF1...

Just found out that if you upgrade to a higher class using points on Garuda that you get absolutely no frequent flyer points for the original booking class. For example, if you upgrade a Y fare to a business class seat (Class O) you get no frequent flyer points for the flight. Has anyone else...

Just wanted canvas people's thoughts of possibility of upgrade to Business. I booked 4 classic reward flights on Qantas which leaves on 23 March - so in 2 days. When I booked this in August 2022, I also put in an upgrade request for all four of us - parents and two kids. There is now less than...

I have placed an upgrade from Flexible Economy to premium economy on QF1 to London. There is currently no seats available in premium economy for sale. I thought it was more likely to receive the upgrade to the next class, but given there are more seats available in business, would I be better...

Hi, I booked a ticket to Seoul late last year and chose the sale fare without thinking! I have some unused vouchers and was thinking about upgrading to business on the way home but cannot because of the fare type. What's the best way to do this without losing too much money? If I call up the...

I have a Qantas international flight next month booked with fare class L. It was my understanding that I could use QFF points to request an upgrade through the app, but I'm receiving a screen that says "Unfortunately, you are not eligible to request an upgrade on this flight". Anyone have any...

I know that many of you are enjoying Matt's AFF on Air podcasts. As you probably know this is a free service available to all our members. But did you know that Matt also conducts regular webinars over at Frequent Flyer Solutions, our sister website. Instead of sitting cramped at the back of...

@AFF Editor - Quietly noticed that the VA Platinum Complimentary 4 upgrade certificates have disappeared from the "my benefits" screen in recent days. I was finding it increasingly difficult to redeem them over the last 6-12 months anyway but a little disappointed that this handy little...

Hi all, Wanted to see if anyone had any similar experiences and the results. I had a premium economy award ticket booked to LHR booked all on QF metal. Since then, there has been a minor flight timing change, so I was requested to either confirm my new flight or select a new one from a list...

Hi. Can anyone tell me what the upgrade fare bucket is for Virgin on expert flyer? I know Qantas is U from economy to business but can’t find from searching google what the Virgin one is. Thanks in advance

We will be flying from Sydney to Hobart, can anyone tell me how many points I should bid to upgrade to business class please ? It will be Qantas 1534 thanks.

My son (6 years old) had/a a request to upgrade from W ( PE) to Business. The rest of the family is in paid business seats (it is a long story to explain why). At T - 10hrs today we got a text that “we were unable to confirm your upgrade request”. I believe he is still registered for an upgrade...

Hi - would love someone’s advice on this. I originally booked PER-MEL on QF770 in discount economy and used 27,200 points to upgrade. The flight was cancelled and I was rebooked on QF10 in Premium Economy. What are the points usually required to upgrade from discount economy to premium economy...

As JAL appear to allow different class of bookings , can you ever get a deal at the airport to upgrade ? For example Syd to LHR ? Appreciate the advice

I travelled to central Asia in December and returned to Melbourne a few days ago, Outbound was on Emirates and the return to Bali was also on Emirates, great service in business class and very comfy flat bed from Melbourne to Dubai but not so comfy from Dubai to Bali, it was 777 with two two...

Hi there! My workplace has booked me a United airlines economy ticket (S class I think I saw?) to Fort Lauderdale and I'm looking at upgrading to business class for the first 16hr flight. Bit of a rookie over here, never tried to upgrade before, tried to find some information on my booking but...

Long time QF flyer, switched over to VA for almost a year now so less familiar with the process here. But basically I have an economy ticket to NAN departing in 5 days for 2A1C, and had been put on the business class waitlist for a while now. I am a Platinum and as the rule I have read is...

Hi, To be an explorist you need 30 nights in the calendar year. I'm sitting on 26 and cancelled a booking a few week back which would have brought me to 29 (yes still one short). What are the odds of asking Hyatt to give me Explorist next year rather than the Discoverest (10 nights+). Has...