Thanks @Captain Halliday - much appreciated. Will try 353 days out!You need to wait.
The bot can’t “find” inventory that hasn’t been loaded into the system yet.
I have had the same problem with the release of an international flight and they were unable to add the domestic connection, even though there were Classic Reward seats available on Qantas.com. They said they would have to request the release of the domestic seats as they couldn’t see the Classic Reward availability. I secured the international tickets, hung up, called back and got Hobart. They could see the domestic Classic Reward seats on a different system and added them to the booking.I was caught up in inability to get SYD-BNE reward seats next year connecting with an released reward flight LAX-SYD.
I applied for release of reward seats LAX-BNE direct - denied multiple times .
I was offered LAX-SYD but connecting flight to BNE denied .
I accepted the longer flight .
That agent was unable to explain why . even if standalone reward availability existed ( agent could see that ) for the SYD-BNE flight and plenty of i and d fares , the system would not release the connecting flight for me.
Not sure if this is some "married segment" and I know this has been discussed before on this thread.
Two further tries trying to add SYD-BNE rejected but this week , found an agent who could see availability and booked it for me . I tried to get him to tell me how he did it but would not share - acted like he just looked and it was there !
I am sure he was from Hobart - love to know the secret ( maybe it was just being patient and waiting but fare classes and standalone availability did not change ) as I would love to share the secret to colleagues on this thread .
I do know the Qantas booking system is a very complicated beast and I am very lucky to be Platinum!
You should be pretty safe on a QF flight, but yes I'm always a little anxious until payment is taken (points and taxes) and the ticket number is issued.Also a basic question that I should know; from comments here, is the ticket only secure once the ticketing number is received, not just the PNR?
Yes.Has anyone had recent success of exDFW release?
I've tried to get 2J LAX-BNE seats in early april but been unsuccessful .I was able to request 2xJ LAX-BNE next April within a few days of my target date. I requested exDFW but I believe that is less likely. Has anyone had recent success of exDFW release? I'm wondering whether it's worth trying at intervals. Also a basic question that I should know; from comments here, is the ticket only secure once the ticketing number is received, not just the PNR?
I aimed for 30th and ended up at 28th. I might still try for exDFW as it suits my plans a little better. I'm fortunate enough to always fly outside school holidays but interestingly the 8th that they offered you is within Qld holidays.I've tried to get 2J LAX-BNE seats in early april but been unsuccessful .
I did speak to a Hobart agent this am and she did tell me that there were seats accessible for Platinums on this flight for the 8 april!
Sadly this did not suit me.
No harm in asking, but my assumption is that your changes are extremely low. The worst that will happen is they say “no”.Does anyone have success stories of requesting release of seats where there is no availability showing for the relevant class on ExpertFlyer?
For example, I'm wanting to request three seats in Premium Economy for a particular date in August (Syd - Singapore on QF291) - EF shows no availability in this class...should i even bother calling? or is there hope?
No experience but I would suggest that you are wasting your time.Does anyone have success stories of requesting release of seats where there is no availability showing for the relevant class on ExpertFlyer?
For example, I'm wanting to request three seats in Premium Economy for a particular date in August (Syd - Singapore on QF291) - EF shows no availability in this class...should i even bother calling? or is there hope?
If there’s no seats available in that cabin, there’s nothing for them to release.Does anyone have success stories of requesting release of seats where there is no availability showing for the relevant class on ExpertFlyer?
For example, I'm wanting to request three seats in Premium Economy for a particular date in August (Syd - Singapore on QF291) - EF shows no availability in this class...should i even bother calling? or is there hope?
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What class are you referring to? (e.g. For business, are you seeing J0?)Does anyone have success stories of requesting release of seats where there is no availability showing for the relevant class on ExpertFlyer?
For example, I'm wanting to request three seats in Premium Economy for a particular date in August (Syd - Singapore on QF291) - EF shows no availability in this class...should i even bother calling? or is there hope?
I’ve done it several times on domestic routes like that, I often wonder why they just don’t code the website to show P/P1s award space based on those fare buckets.Called the other day for a simple release of MEL-BNE in Y
Same, esp to avoid those 6am departures. A few days back I tried for LST-MEL-SYD and now have more reasonable 9:55am dep.I’ve done it several times on domestic routes like that,