Qantas Upgrades - Successes or Failures (post results)

[HockeyMonkey]

Enjoy your flight in J !

Off to a good start with a spa treatment on lounge entry due to a cancellation

 

[Chalkie]

Failure:

QF1293 MEL-HBA 20/03/25 Y (bucket unknown) to J confirmed at T-2; QF Plat/LT Gold ("Sir" Bob Geldorf, who was on the flight, displaced me ).

This wasn't such a disaster. The aeroplane was one of the new A220-300's used by Qantaslink, and my first flight on this aircraft. It was all shiny new and we were on the right in the 2 seat pair. The seats were comfy and really well-appointed with USB charging points, universal power points and portable device stands all thoughtfully placed.

Success:

QF1292 HBA-MEL 25/03/25 Y (bucket unknown) to J confirmed at T-48; QF Plat/LT Gold

Also a new A220-300. Nice forward cabin and very good service.

 

[DejaBrew]

("Sir" Bob Geldorf, who was on the flight, displaced me )

Are you saying "Sir" Bob didn't know who you were???

 

[bussyboy]

Failure:

QF1293 MEL-HBA 20/03/25 Y (bucket unknown) to J confirmed at T-2; QF Plat/LT Gold ("Sir" Bob Geldorf, who was on the flight, displaced me ).

This wasn't such a disaster. The aeroplane was one of the new A220-300's used by Qantaslink, and my first flight on this aircraft. It was all shiny new and we were on the right in the 2 seat pair. The seats were comfy and really well-appointed with USB charging points, universal power points and portable device stands all thoughtfully placed.

Success:

QF1292 HBA-MEL 25/03/25 Y (bucket unknown) to J confirmed at T-48; QF Plat/LT Gold

Also a new A220-300. Nice forward cabin and very good service.

Love A220s - Bombardier did a great job!

 

[HockeyMonkey]

Success @ T-27 as a WP Y+>J on QF21 MEL-DFW tomorrow

Interestingly MEL-LAX has a lot more availability. My WP colleague was notified of success at T-60. Maybe people like the later departure time or central location of DFW

And now success Y+ > J on the return at T-60 on QF12. LAX-SYD chosen for the A380 to maximise chance of success.

 

[burneracc]

Another success as a lowly bronze; adl -> per, qf891, economy flex to business.

If my employer wont book me straight into business it's definitely a silver lining to let me book flex, as it seems like it helps quite a lot with upgrades. I am guessing this is because people don't book domestic flex economy as it's a ripoff. FWIW the ticket cost was also ridiculous due to my booking being the day before. Anyway, will be gold in a month so hopefully I start getting a lot more of these upgrades through.

 

[Olympic471]

Success here

QF38 SIN to MEL Y>J on 28/3 . Received a messaged around T-10ish hours saying that it could not be confirmed but if any changes will be informed. Came to terms that I would be spending a long sleepless night in whY. Checked the app at around 3ish hours before departure to notice the seat had changed to 7E. Was very happy.

 

[Dieselcanberrra]

Success at T-27. two CR Y fares from SYD to CGK upgraded to J. Both fliers are bronze. I (plat) requested the upgrade on their behalf.

 

[fletty]

Success at T-72 for one, Y to J for BNE to SYD

 

[Notyourbag]

Success at T-60 from PE to J on QF12 LAX to SYD last week

 

[goosh]

Failure

T - 10, woke up to the text saying unable to confirm your upgrade reward request to business on QF 7 SYD - DFW.

Had an economy flex (H) ticket as WP.

 

[TedE]

I'm on QF448 at 1:40pm on Wednesday 2 April 2025 and just trying to gauge the chances of an upgrade. Could anyone grab the loading for me?

Anyone able to shed some light on why there would be 2 x wide bodies going from MEL to SYD in the middle of the day on that Wednesday (the other being QF440 at noon)?

QF448 on 02/04/25 MEL-SYD on A330, Discount Y —> J Success at T-27.5 (Bronze w QC via Points Club Plus)