No economy seats on QF or VA Sunday 19 Nov ex PER to ADL?? Seriously?

[PERLHR]

Well i dunno but cheapest seat I can see is 1,500 dollars in biz with QF. What's the occasion? Really are they all that busy..

 

[justinbrett]

PER-MEL/SYD busy as well.

I’m gonna guess schoolies (which starts next weekend).

 

[PERLHR]

PER-MEL/SYD busy as well.

I’m gonna guess schoolies (which starts next weekend).

Schoolies....always on blooming holiday.

 

[Franky]

Schoolies....always on blooming holiday.

Looks like Coldplay are performing at Optus Stadium on the 18th and 19th....

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Did you call QFF? Sometimes they can release a seat or two for Platinums

 

[oz_mark]

This is about the Coldplay concerts. Hotel rooms in Perth are also at a premium.

 

[gtrod]

Yep 100% coldplay, flights to all major oz cities are stuffed 3 days either side. Can fly via Bali for cheaper though.

I was about to cancel a trip, had the outbound booked but the return was $$$$. Phoned and they released a seat for me thankfully.

Also noticing similar issues with Perth flights around the taylor swift concerts next year. In years past there were extra flights put on for major events but doesn't seem to be happening any more.

 

[PERLHR]

Yep 100% coldplay, flights to all major oz cities are stuffed 3 days either side. Can fly via Bali for cheaper though.

I was about to cancel a trip, had the outbound booked but the return was $$$$. Phoned and they released a seat for me thankfully.

Also noticing similar issues with Perth flights around the taylor swift concerts next year. In years past there were extra flights put on for major events but doesn't seem to be happening any more.

Yes I also saw the Air Asia and Batik flights via Bali..... World's crazy....with that route being cheaper..

 

[RichardMEL]

Did you call QFF? Sometimes they can release a seat or two for Platinums

Let me see, zeros across the board in all Y classes, only a few J seats showing on a couple of QF flights. Even JQ is bursting at the seams.

Even a vaunted World Platinum won't get a seat released when there's none for sale. Most definitely not in Y, and almost zero chance for J (given there's only a couple of D class showing on one or two flights, rest are C and J only).

 

[Franky]

According to the blurb on the Optus Stadium website, Coldplay are the most popular band in the world. Optus Stadium seats 60K+ fans. Therefore one would need to know this well in advance to get any sort of seat….

 

[Mickey Mouse]

Looks like Coldplay are performing at Optus Stadium Perth Stadium on the 18th and 19th....

Corrected it for you

 

[RichardMEL]

Corrected it for you

heh. you beat me to it. I had also intended a gag at the expense of the telco....

 

[Franky]

Corrected it for you

It was our recently departed Premier who decided that it should go to Optus, else it would have been called Perth Stadium....

 

[CaptJCool]

Madness




It’s cheaper to fly to port Lincoln $1.399 via Brisbane JQ THEN onto Adelaide than it is direct to Adelaide

 

[Mattg]

With that kind of revenue up for grabs, I'm surprised a revenue manager at QF or VA hasn't convinced someone to add an extra flight or two!

 

[CaptJCool]

With that kind of revenue up for grabs, I'm surprised a revenue manager at QF or VA hasn't convinced someone to add an extra flight or two!

Agreed
And what happens for the average traveller in need of attending a funeral or last minute family emergency or VIP meeting ?

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Let me see, zeros across the board in all Y classes, only a few J seats showing on a couple of QF flights. Even JQ is bursting at the seams.

Even a vaunted World Platinum won't get a seat released when there's none for sale. Most definitely not in Y, and almost zero chance for J (given there's only a couple of D class showing on one or two flights, rest are C and J only).

World Platinums and above can force Qantas to sell them 2 economy seats on any flight they operate provided the request is made before midday the day before departure.

According to the blurb on the Optus Stadium website, Coldplay are the most popular band in the world. Optus Stadium seats 60K+ fans. Therefore one would need to know this well in advance to get any sort of seat….

Minor correction, the stadium was recently renamed to the Optus 'No Service' Stadium.

Madness

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It’s cheaper to fly to port Lincoln $1.399 via Brisbane JQ THEN onto Adelaide than it is direct to Adelaide

Big issue with flying to Port Lincoln is how do you get to Adelaide? Some people have an aversion of ground transport to their destination and could easily part away from several thousand dollary-doos in exchange for avoiding this inconvenience.

-RooFlyer88

 

[SheikYerbouti]

Going to be a lot of sleeping passengers snoozing on the return flights after enduring a coldplay concert!

 

[CaptJCool]

Big issue with flying to Port Lincoln is how do you get to Adelaide? Some people have an aversion of ground transport to their destination and could easily part away from several thousand dollary-doos in exchange for avoiding this inconvenience.

-RooFlyer88

First one needs get to Adelaide to fly onto port Lincoln
Adelaide would be the “hidden” city ticket….

Also the Supercars are on the following weekend in Adelaide (from memory no race in Perth) so yeah there’s another pressure on the flights from Perth to Adelaide

And then there’s this

Luckily there’s an ODI on the afternoon of 20 Nov so the playing squad doesn’t need to fly home before 21 Nov
They too could score tics to Coldplay hahaha

 

[MEL_Traveller]

World Platinums and above can force Qantas to sell them 2 economy seats on any flight they operate provided the request is made before midday the day before departure.



-RooFlyer88

Although the T&Cs say that benefit ‘may be restricted due to operational constraints’. Which might just be this category.

Bit unfair for a plat to unseat someone else who might be going to something like a concert.