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)

 

[Larko1]

Nice surprise entering Biz lounge & getting BP

 

[bgerrand66]

Just wondering if first class release request is a thing , and not just business. Looking for Syd LAX in F. Yes I know they’re hard to come by but had a look at a few flexible non peak dates and have several I fare buckets avaiable. Should be able to release two? Tia

 

[DC3]

… Looking for Syd LAX in F ...

Welcome to AFF

 

[RooFlyer]

Welcome to AFF @bgerrand66 .

You can always request if Plat or above but I think chances would be very low; better if you are P1, but you never know ...

 

[Dmac59]

Fail @ T4
QF769 MEL-PER
No surprise, first day of school holidays.

 

[MattA]

Success at T-27 Y > J as mere bronze for tomorrow's QF79 MEL-NRT. Had very low expectations of this clearing given my (lack of) status so very happy to wake up to the text this morning.

 

[MattA]

Success at T-27 Y > J as mere bronze for tomorrow's QF79 MEL-NRT. Had very low expectations of this clearing given my (lack of) status so very happy to wake up to the text this morning.

Postscript to this one at checkin this morning: “oh, there’s a note on my screen…” <waves for supervisor to come over>.

Uh-oh, I’m thinking. Am I being bumped back into Y?

Not exactly: I was told they have a J seat for me but it is “locked in the upright position”, so I could choose between taking the un-reclinable J seat—with a refund of 75% of the fare (points & cash component) plus a $400 travel credit as compensation—or moving back to Y. Took me about a milisecond to choose to stick with J.

(In the event this was absolutely the right decision as the seat was more functional than they implied: it reclined about 3/4 of the way which was perfectly comfortable enough for a day flight). I’m not entirely confident that the promised compensation will come through but if it does that will be a fantastic result…

 

[HockeyMonkey]

WP success @ T-60 Y+ -> J MEL-LAX on QF93 B787

Surprised how quiet the flight looks given school holidays. 16 seats to choose from. Couldn't resist 1A with the larger foot hole and table between seat and aisle.