flight upgrades

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  1. G

    Classic Upgrade Rewards tight connection - points forfeited in event of misconnect?

    Have been trying to find out what would happen in the scenario of a successful J Classic Upgrade QF1 SIN-LHR if I misconnected onto this sector due to the late arrival of my connecting QF37 flight from MEL? Would I forfeit the points in this case during rebooking? All flights would be booked...
  2. J

    Purchase Upgrade

    Morning all, I am thinking of upgrading my flight to business. I am flying with Emirates, having booked with Qantas. When I go into Qantas it says, go to Emirates booking ref and when I go to Emirates it says ‘sorry you cannot purchase an upgrade’. Now check ins are pretty much automated, is...
  3. D

    Qantas FF upgrade and Paid Seat Selection

    I recently booked a flight from Melbourne to Darwin via Alice Springs. As this was 2 flights amounting to almost 5 hours of flying I decided to apply for a business upgrade using my FF points. This required 19000 points for both legs but as I have racked up a considerable number of points T's...
  4. Mattg

    Crazy Emirates upgrade costs on SIN-PNH route

    I was just having a look at EK's SIN-PNH flights, which they operate as a fifth-freedom route. If you want to upgrade using miles on this route, Emirates basically charges the amount of miles you'd expect to pay if flying via DXB. It's a 2-hour flight, so the amount of Skywards miles Emirates is...
  5. Mh4k

    Complimentary upgrade weirdness

    I have an upcoming trip to Melbourne in economy flex (K). I’ve got an upgrade request in for the return leg but didn’t bother requesting for the morning flight down. At T-69 I got an email from the corporate travel agent saying there was a major change to the booking and looking at the details...
  6. Mattg

    Upgrade excitement

    I was sitting once in the Maple Leaf Club in YVR, waiting to board a flight to BNE. One of the other passengers in the lounge, waiting for the SYD departure, was on a rather loud phone call where the main topic of conversation was whether his upgrade would come through. Apparently it did...
  7. D

    Qantas Business Class Upgrade - MEL -> SIN

    Hi Guys, My boss is paying for my flights Melbourne to Singapore. I don’t think he will pay for business, so likely an economy ticket. What is the likelihood booking with Qantas I can request an upgrade and it be approved? I am Qantas Bronze but have been longstanding customer ~ 2.8M in FF...
  8. wendlle

    Bidding for upgrade?

    Do Qantas have bidding for upgrades? i've actually never flown with Qantas before and have a few trips to the USA next year. I don't have points to upgrade, but I also bought a special discounted economy fare so not even sure if an upgrade is available even if they do have bids.
  9. D

    Upgrading a Navan Flight Booking - SC earn?

    My company requires us to book economy seats via Navan for work travel. I noticed that Navan now gives us the option to upgrade the flight after it is booked and pay using a personal credit card. The question I’ve got is if I pay for this upgrade will I earn SC at the original booking class...
  10. Cloud9

    Novotel Auckland Airport ... Hotel Upgrade(!)

    So... I booked a room at the Novotel in Auckland at the airport. And was informed I had received an upgrade. Not a room upgrade. A hotel upgrade(!) And freaking heck this new Pullman at the airport is rather lovely.
  11. serfty

    Qantas Courtesy Upgrade Love

    Back in the 90's, Qantas would regularly upgrade their (then) top tier Gold Frequent Flyers should space be available (Ansett did similar too). For me and my associates this seemed to happen one in every four flights. The entire thing was not publicly documented. Late that decade, I...
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    Qantas [strategy to make most of points and upgrade to business class?]

    Hello. The more I read, the more I get confused - so I am hoping you can help with my learning curve. My wife and I are in our early 60s and live in Adelaide. We are going to Los Angeles and then probably New York and some other US cities, and back to Australia this time next year. The Goal is...
  13. K

    Cash fare upgrade from Economy to Business

    Hi experts , We have a booking from MEL --> HND return in economy class but was looking at the options of miles upgrade. As there is no availability , looking at upgrading my Singapore Airlines flight with cash. Is that even possible and should I call them or do it online for better...
  14. wendlle

    Bid for Upgrade on United Flight?

    Considering using points to book two Y flights to LAX from SYD, they will be on United via the Virgin Website. Is there a way to bid for an upgrade at all?
  15. D

    Classic rewards upgrade… not immediately confirmed 🫤

    Hi All 👋🏻 I’m wondering if people have advice… So. I bought a flight (Syd to bne) using cash. I checked to make sure there were business reward seats avail. I then requested an upgrade. In the t&c’s it says that if a classic upgrade reward is available at the time of request, it will be...
  16. R

    Paid for lounge but received J upgrade?

    Hi All I don't normally pay for the lounge but status ended EOFY. I have a flight tomorrow and anticipating not getting an upgrade I paid for x3 lounge passes. Now with the upgrade I have J lounge access. Any chance I can save these for a later date?
  17. C

    Timing of Upgrade Request

    Just wondering when I would find out if a request to go from PE to BUS would be processed. I have a flight from HNL to SYD on Qantas and could only afford PE seats (they want over $5000 to fly the route in BUS). I need 32,700 points for the upgrade and should get to that figure before my flight...
  18. JennyMG

    How does Classic upgrade rewards work?

    Hi all, I want to learn a bit more about Classic reward upgrades, as reading the Qantas help pages, I still didn't really understand. Thanks to your suggestions in another thread, I have successfully booked 3x J classic reward legs, all direct! Syd>HAN with JAL, NAR>CDG with AF, and...
  19. L

    SCs to upgrade mismatch

    Hi all, Just noticed that in my VFF account the numbers for Plat upgrade don't match in the main view vs the "How far from upgrading" one. Anyone else seen this before or am I misinterpreting something? I'm guessing the real number is 122 not 107....
  20. 6

    Upgrade questions

    Hi all, I am flying on a flexible PE ticket , 2 pax, with CX in September (first time with CX, so apologies if this is a silly question) from SYD - HKG - CDG, and return MXP - HKG - SYD. After purchasing my tickets I received an option to request an upgrade with a cash bid, which I did with...
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