thadocta
In memoriam
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- Jan 8, 2003
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Bzzzzt, sorry sunshine, but it costs a lot more than 5K points to upgrade SYD-SIN.
SYD-SIN is a zone 3 flight, meaning that you would earn 25 SC's per flight in discount Y or 50 SC's in full-Y (which is sold SO rarely that a lot of QF staff aren't even aware it exists).
So your 22 flights at 25 SC's per flight would have earnt you 550 SC's, almost to Gold qualification or requalification - and since this is only over six months, you should be easily qualified for Gold by now, if not Plat.
Now, a discount Y to J upgrade for zone 3 will set you back 45,000 points (NOT the 5,000 points you claimed). Full Y to J (which remember, nobody uses) costs 25,000 points. Did you actually have enough points when requesting your upgrade?
Finally, did you actually WAITLIST for the upgrade, or did you just phone up and ask for it there and then, only to be discouraged when it wasn't available?
So far this year, I am 3/6 in having upgrade waitlists cleared on SYD-SIN-SYD, so they do actually clear.
The other alternative is to try using QF 31/32 from SYD to SIN and return, the J cabin is usually a lot more open on this flight.
Dave
SYD-SIN is a zone 3 flight, meaning that you would earn 25 SC's per flight in discount Y or 50 SC's in full-Y (which is sold SO rarely that a lot of QF staff aren't even aware it exists).
So your 22 flights at 25 SC's per flight would have earnt you 550 SC's, almost to Gold qualification or requalification - and since this is only over six months, you should be easily qualified for Gold by now, if not Plat.
Now, a discount Y to J upgrade for zone 3 will set you back 45,000 points (NOT the 5,000 points you claimed). Full Y to J (which remember, nobody uses) costs 25,000 points. Did you actually have enough points when requesting your upgrade?
Finally, did you actually WAITLIST for the upgrade, or did you just phone up and ask for it there and then, only to be discouraged when it wasn't available?
So far this year, I am 3/6 in having upgrade waitlists cleared on SYD-SIN-SYD, so they do actually clear.
The other alternative is to try using QF 31/32 from SYD to SIN and return, the J cabin is usually a lot more open on this flight.
Dave