QFF Platinum requesting release of extra Classic Reward seats?

[fletty]

Success for BNE>ABX 30-03, 1 passenger in economy with N4.

 

[galah]

10/1/26 QF106 HNL-MEL Q9, 4 pax in economy - Success! No award availability and I wasn't confident given peak season and potential blackout period. Pleasantly surprised!

 

[SydneySwan]

Mr SS junior needs a one way SYD - SCL on QF27 in the 7 days or so from March 4. Y is fine. Mrs SS (WP) is not in a position to call at the moment and request a CR seat. There is plenty of C+. Is anyone able to guess if a request for CR is likely to be successful on any of those dates?

 

[RealtimeY]

Worth a call, but some dates are a definite no
04 Mar I0 Q0
05 Mar I0 Q0
06 Mar I1 Q0
07 Mar I0 Q0
09 Mar I1 Q1
11 Mar I7 Q1
12 Mar I3 Q4

 

[kpro]

Alright I re-subscribed to EF (no free trial for existing accounts).

Tried for the following in J -

QF127 19 Dec - Denied
QF29 19 Dec - Denied
QF29 20 Dec - Denied
QF127 22 Dec - Denied
QF29 22 Dec - Accepted

QF2 10 Jan - Denied (and I availability disappeared after this)
QF2 11 Jan - Denied
Qf292 11 Jan - Denied

Didn't end up booking anything, will keep an eye out for cash fares.

 

[serfty]

Didn't end up booking anything, will keep an eye out for cash fares.

Good luck that time of year ex Oz!

 

[kpro]

Good luck that time of year ex Oz!

I'm always flying out around that time of year, not had to pay anything more then $4.5k to SE Asia yet. This year's looking like $5.2k to $6k though.

 

[shankoz]

Managed to get 1x J released for PER-SIN QF71 on 15 August (could only get a Y released on the way home). Better than nothing!

 

[SydneySwan]

Worth a call, but some dates are a definite no
04 Mar I0 Q0
05 Mar I0 Q0
06 Mar I1 Q0
07 Mar I0 Q0
09 Mar I1 Q1
11 Mar I7 Q1
12 Mar I3 Q4

No Y seats could be released in QF27 for entire month of March. Pretty disappointing.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Mr SS junior needs a one way SYD - SCL on QF27 in the 7 days or so from March 4. Y is fine. Mrs SS (WP) is not in a position to call at the moment and request a CR seat. There is plenty of C+. Is anyone able to guess if a request for CR is likely to be successful on any of those dates?

This was discussed elsewhere but you shouldn't have a problem finding economy and business class seats down to Santiago in March. To make a long story short, what is happening now is LATAM (Qantas' main classic awards partner for Santiago) is sporadically adding economy and business classic availability like once a month (I'm finding around the middle of the month so maybe check on Saturday) and then taking it all away a day or two later. You certainly need to be on your toes to find it but it does crop up and the availability is very nice. For instance, last month when availability popped up on the 15th, I was able to get my brother-in-law, sister-in law and mother-in-law all booked into LATAM business flying Sydney to Santiago, and even managed them to get all the way to Porto Alegre, Brazil (albeit with that last domestic sector in economy) for mid March without issues.

So don't give up your hopes here.

-RooFlyer88