QFF Platinum requesting release of extra Classic Reward seats?

[fletty]

does this also apply to domestic upgrades ?

You can upgrade on the behalf of a family member on the website, but the upgrade is assessed at their status, not yours (unless you're P1).

 

[Kangol]

Manual review is limited to WP1 in my experience, I’ve never been able to access a manual human review as a WP.

Your WP bro will be able to request the release of a seat which will be assessed by the bot. I’ve had plenty of success releasing for family members and plenty of denials, can’t say if it impacts the likelihood.

I think OP has got the terminology mixed up and mistakenly used the word "manual" when shouldn't have.
Guessing OP actually means "make a request for an immediate family member".
Answer is yes.

Manual review is for P1 only, when the computer rejects the request.
This is always confused for "no answer yet" and WPs being told to call back later for an answer.

 

[dvt]

The two statements cannot both be correct.

In any case, it really is a question of how much you value your time. If you have all the time in the world, you can call every day if you really want.

Just had some luck with the release of business seats despite being previously told that the allocation was exhausted. So it does appear that availability can change closer to departure.

I had an alert set on expert flyer for I class. I got an alert yesterday and made the request today, 2 seats released to Jakarta from Melbourne. I originally had this booked as a classic plus in economy. The operator took almost an hour to seperate this flight from my return classic reward flight, but she was determined to make it work. An excellent job in the end with a great result.

 

[jbmemories]

The operator took almost an hour to seperate this flight from my return classic reward flight, but she was determined to make it work. An excellent job in the end with a great result.

That's alot of dedication by the operator, did you get the Hobart centre! I guess having WP or P1 has a higher chance the operator is willing to work with you on this.

 

[serfty]

That's alot of dedication by the operator, did you get the Hobart centre! I guess having WP or P1 has a higher chance the operator is willing to work with you on this.

There's more on that here:

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Thread 'Making changes to combined classic plus and classic booking'

Yesterday at 4:51 PM

My outbound flight is a classic plus seat and the return leg is classic seat. Am I able to cancel the first leg for a refund of those points (minus cancellation fee), and keep the return leg as a classic booking?

• dvt
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• Forum: Qantas | Frequent Flyer

 

[levelnine]

Redeeming a lot of points today.

Among them ... successfully released 2x F SYD-DFW-SYD in peak holiday period as only a WP.

 

[Josh]

So - had something very unexpected. I requested 2 x J for MEL-LAX, 3 outbound dates late Jan, and 2 return dates in mid-Feb. All 5 came back approved. Never had that happen before - the Classic Reward robot must be in a particularly good mood today