Qantas Upgrades - Successes or Failures (post results)

Qf145 today. Booked basement Y, 8pm last night randomly checked app and saw my upgrade had been successful.. so 2D here I come. No upgrade available or requested.

First time ever being upgraded. Wonder if it is a result of a different flight booking made 2 days ago?

And bonus points for seeking and receiving a spa spot 👍
 
Successful Y -> J upgrade at T-60 on QF67 SYD-BLR as a WP.

First time to India and was wondering how I would go with the upgrade given no PE. Looks like quite bit of availability with 9 J seats still not selected. Economy also looked quite open with lots of empty rows of 4 before I was upgraded.
 
No luck on QF25 from Y to J as WP last night. At least economy was not full and I had an empty seat next to me (bulkhead row). I also noticed that the upgrade request on the return QF60 on 4th august seems to have dropped off from App and I can't see the request on the website (or even re-make it). Anyone else seeing their upgrade requests dissapear for future bookings?
 
Longtime lurker first time poster. WP, flying QF1 Monday 29 July. Sale premium economy, put in request for J upgrade about 6mo+ ago. Wife silver. Looks like good availability in F& J right now…. Something I don’t understand is how/why trying to upgrade 2 people affects chances? Any insights haven’t seen much written about it…
 
Mswombat said:
Longtime lurker first time poster. WP, flying QF1 Monday 29 July. Sale premium economy, put in request for J upgrade about 6mo+ ago. Wife silver. Looks like good availability in F& J right now…. Something I don’t understand is how/why trying to upgrade 2 people affects chances? Any insights haven’t seen much written about it…
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Welcome to posting.

First, if your wife is on the same booking, and you put in the request, your WP status will apply to both. If Wife is on a separate booking, that is very different.

You didn't specify if QF1 was SYD-SIN or SYD-LHR, but yes it looks pretty good at this point.

The more passgeners looking to uograde in a booking, the harder it can be to satisfy with available seats of course.

However, in this case, with paid PE seats, you have a leg up over those in Y due to that alone.

Plus, it is a cascade effect, if QF free two seats in PE via uograde, then those coukd go to Y pax upgrading - if J fills. Same with upgrading J to F can open those seats.

It certainly looks promising in this case - but of course the WP upgrade window will not open til 72 hours prior so you won't get a better idea til then - and there are no guarantees.

Enjoy your trip.
 
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RichardMEL said:
Welcome to pisting.

First, if your wife is on the same booking, and you put in the request, your WP status will apply to both. If Wife is on a separate booking, that is very different.

You didn't specify if QF1 was SYD-SIN or SYD-LHR, but yes it looks pretty good at this point.

The more passgeners looking to uograde in a booking, the harder it can be to satisfy with available seats of course.

However, in this case, with paid PE seats, you have a leg up over those in Y due to that alone.

Plus, it is a cascade effect, if QF free two seats in PE via uograde, then those coukd go to Y pax upgrading - if J fills. Same with upgrading J to F can open those seats.

It certainly looks promising in this case - but of course the WP upgrade window will not open til 72 hours prior so you won't get a better idea til then - and there are no guarantees.

Enjoy your trip.
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Appreciate that Richard! Was very confused about the comments re two people putting you at a disadvantage. Will let the thread know how we go!
 
@Mswombat I have upgrades in for my partner and I on that same flight and date and it is looking very good for both you and me I would posit, especially putting them in from PE seats. 16 spare J as of this morning....short of disaster we should be sweet!?

I magically made P1 this year (don't ask me how) so hopefully I hear something today being a week out?
 
Ironhalo said:
@Mswombat I have upgrades in for my partner and I on that same flight and date and it is looking very good for both of us. 16 spare J as of this morning....short of disaster we should be sweet!

I magically made P1 this year (don't ask me how) so hopefully I hear something today being a week out?
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I don't want to jinx it! Let me know when you do :) ... good luck!
 
@Mswombat Speak of the devil, just got the notification of successful upgrade. Interestingly, there are 20+ seats we could choose from on the seating allocation in J for the 29th. Now some of that could be just people not having chosen seats as yet, but it's looking good.

You're in PE already and Plat, so I am guessing you and your wife will literally be next! Let me know how you go, debriefing and coughtails in-flight mate. 🤣🤣
 
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In what amounts to one of the biggest teases of my days flying…

Upgrade from Flex to Business confirmed on QF94 LAX to MEL for Thursday 25/7/24, points taken, happy days

Less than an hour later QF94 was cancelled, and I was put on QF12 (the one leaving on 24/7/24 which has been delayed until 25/7/24, with no ability to request an upgrade and a full economy cabin to boot. I was put on a later AA flight (which means instead of what would have been my first time in the first class lounge I have a 2:15 connection in LAX. (It also has my itinerary out of sequence, so fully expecting to arrive at the airport and have to deal with some funky ticketing/baggage issue)

Lady on the phone was incompetent and ended up telling me I had to fly the itinerary before calling to recoup the points.

Really sour way to end my holiday
 
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You can still use QF Flounge at LAX if getting in on status with the AA flight. Yes, it's a short walk from T4 but easily doable (I literally walked the path last week)
 
RichardMEL said:
You can still use QF Flounge at LAX if getting in on status with the AA flight. Yes, it's a short walk from T4 but easily doable (I literally walked the path last week)
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I’m just whinging a bit, as a 6’3 bloke I was hoping for that lie flat seat rather than shoulder to shoulder in economy.

First world problem, but yeah, having the confirmed upgrade for an hour was just a tease.
 
Cheesey Mac said:
I’m just whinging a bit, as a 6’3 bloke I was hoping for that lie flat seat rather than shoulder to shoulder in economy.

First world problem, but yeah, having the confirmed upgrade for an hour was just a tease.
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Yes, that is really frustrating for sure I agree. I'm sorry this happened.
 

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