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QF25 late Sep 1x U requested and released by bot
I2
I2
Saturday and Sunday, if I'm seeing my calendar correctly. I wonder* if midweek would yield a different result?April 2025 business class x2 request- I did this after I class became greater than zero and biz sale fares became available - was hopeful
5 april LAX-BNE direct I8 Biz sale yes Rejected
6 April LAX-BNE direct I2 Biz sale yes Rejected
It's called Revenue Management for a reason...It looks like WPs need to access classic business reward seats by request in future.,
Just to give my experience or from what I have learnt on this thread , there seem to be many considerations -
Is there a consensus re which days of the week are most likely to be successful travel days eg I get the slight impression that requests for actual travel on weekends are not likely to be successful to/from USA . To clarify , I am not talking about the day of the week to ring QFF to put in the request , but then again, who knows?
- Reduced access because of "Classic Plus"use
- I class availability,
- presence of Business Sale fares,
- school holidays here in Australia,
- how many reward seats have already been allocated on an individual flight ,
- did the agent put the request in correctly
- recognition other than just status - ? expensive flight history on QF
- vagaries of the "bot"
Even as with weekends "bad", do the "most successful" days apply to both directions ?
What are others experiences ?
eg
to/from North America
to/from Europe
I accept that it is an "unpublished benefit" but , should if it ceased to exist , there would be little reason for me to try and achieve platinum each year.It's called Revenue Management for a reason...
People seem to forget that this is un unpublished benefit.
This thread has 120 pages of others' experiences. That is going to be your best source of knowledge for the answer to your questions.What are others experiences ?
To avoid those results coming up, I now search using the multi segment tool.1. Reduced access because of "Classic Plus"use
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I do also butTo avoid those results coming up, I now search using the multi segment tool.
(Just wish there was a way to filter out Jetstar as well)
Anything is possible. TBH, I rarely use the subject of this thread as generally I have no issue travelling flight under 9 hours in economy....
I am suggesting that maybe the "Classic Plus" rewards actually chew up seats that would have been released to Plats in the past .
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Great you got these, but this wouldn't have been a seat release situation imo. QFF have no control over CX inventory. Oerhaps the seats didn't show online for some reason, but they probably were there to be had by anyone tbh.well call me surprised yet again
after my QF 4 release for October school holidays in U I phoned up to get a release for a December holiday
managed to get 2 x U on CX for HKG-AKL so needed an outbound to Asia, preferably Japan
first stab today and success
13th Dec
BNE-NRT
I7 on EF. 2U approved and ticketed....
actually surprised I managed on a Friday in December as school has ended. QF certainly surprises me sometime
So I read that slightly differently.Great you got these, but this wouldn't have been a seat release situation imo. QFF have no control over CX inventory. Oerhaps the seats didn't show online for some reason, but they probably were there to be had by anyone tbh.
Regardless, a great outcome!
You're right.So I read that slightly differently.
Because the OP managed to get HKG-AKL flights, they needed to get flights from Australia to Asia. They requested these (BNE-NRT) and they were made available.
Good news re QF 26 - Can you remember if there were Biz Sale seats available for purchase for that flight?QF26 18/5/25 showing I1, 1x U requested - approved
Then tried some dates for QF127/128 in November, all showing I5+ and all rejected....