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For QF28 to QF5 you'll clear immigration / collect your bag in PER. SYD international transit is open all day so it is permitted. Transiting internationally to QF9 however varies, as this is due to the limited international transit hours at MEL.

If done correctly, it does allow some limited benefits to flow to the other PNRs, eg. accessing preferred seating rows. It's also important for PCV reasons - the linked booking takes on the PCV of the highest PCV pax.

A lot of the TP counts and prices I posted, won't price online. You will need a TA to piece it together.

PCV is influenced by a variety of factors (in no particular order) such as: 1. Meet and assist or wheelchair assistance 2. RBD booked 3. Status 4. Pax in your travel party 5. Commercial value to QF

KUL-DOH-East Coast US-PHX-Hawaii-LAX

AA/QR KUL-LAX (5.5k AUD for 1440 TP), BA/JL/QF PER-BKK (5-6k AUD for 1120 TP), AA/QR CGK-PHL/NYC (4-5k AUD for up to 840 TP), DONE3/4/5 ex-Japan (8.5-9.5k AUD for up to 2340 TP), BA/AA/IB/AY ex-Spain to SFO/SMF/LAX (2.5-3k AUD for 720 TP) and UL AUH-CGK (560 TP) all offer some great value.

The regular P1 upgrades from SST stopped roughly when the CBR SST was disbanded. Yes the WP part is new it's only been a thing for the last 2 months maybe?

This same logic also follows through to the complimentary domestic upgrades being handed out to P1/platinum currently. They're processed 6 hours out and is very much route dependent - rare on routes like SYD-MEL but easy on say BNE-MKY where most platinums will be upgraded to J.

Could you please explain to me when in reasonably recent times, has a SG and below been guaranteed access to row 4, let alone a platinum? PCV has always come into play with seating on all QF flights at T-80h which is when a flight moves to departure control. I have some pax on a PER-SYD this...

With QF/AA there are often issues with PNR desynchronisation when AA mess with their flights. Ideally, as you say, it is best cleaned up to avoid an accidental no-show scenario. I once had a PNR with 6 duplicates of the one city pair! That was fun to clean up.

QF will be increasing the excess baggage charges for domestic itineraries on 18/04. The prepaid per piece price will change from 50 AUD to 65 AUD per piece. The airport per piece price will change from 100 AUD to 130 AUD per piece. If you need excess baggage on a domestic itinerary... make...

For BA... sapphires and above can select exit rows free of charge on short haul, but on long haul it is emeralds only. I've updated my post to reflect the distinction. For AY... no, exit rows are emeralds only on both short and long haul.

There are no changes to the timing of what rows are visible and when. It will still be T-80h when row 4 would potentially but not always become visible to a platinum/gold/etc. The mix of status pax and their PCV scores on the flight will continue to determine what rows are visible, eg. on a...

These book into I class, but that is irrelevant for the DOH-HEL QR*AY codeshare as all pax get free seat selection on these, irrespective of whether it is an unbundled fare or not.

You cannot mix pure redemption (not counting points plus pay type) and commercial on the same ticket. However, you can mix separate pure redemption + commercial tickets on the same PNR for the purposes of through-check and seamless ground handling though. However, it can only be done by a TA...

I take it you booked on the AA AU website?

DXB-SIN-MEL-PER must be searched as a single search otherwise you don't get correct origin-destination inventory. Furthermore, EK marries segments within 72 hours in DXB rather than 24 hours, so if your DXB transit is under 72 hours you might be getting hit there with incorrect inventory as well.

I sometimes see row 4 used to accommodate downgrades.

No. You would need to adjust the remaining segments accordingly so that everything fits within 12 months. The system will refuse to price the itinerary if you don't.

Not anymore - that was fixed a while ago! If you're still experiencing it, then something hasn't been done correctly.