Status Runs using Multiple Seats

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So I was doing some late night googling about flights in general, and I came across an interesting page:

Extra Seat (EXST) for Personal Comfort

Customers can purchase extra seat/s on Qantas operated and marketed flights for their personal comfort. If travel includes any codeshare or interline flights, please contact the operating airline for further information.

www.qantas.com

Basically the page details that passengers can book extra adjacent seats for “personal comfort” and explains how to book it from a travel agent perspective. There’s technical information there for how to book it for each booking system too.

In particular, this stood out to me:

“Qantas Frequent Flyers can earn Qantas Points and status credits for each seat purchased.”

So the question then must be asked - If you were planning to do a status run, does this mean you could book an additional “comfort” seat on each leg (assuming QF marketed flight) and earn double status credits, potentially quadruple if during a double SC promotion?

Doing this would obviously double increase the cost, but if you were planning to do multiple back and forth legs, this could potentially be a useful shortcut.

 

[dylarr]

My understanding is a passenger can only book 1 seat (EXST notwithstanding)

The Agency Connect article mentions booking multiple extra seats, specifically "When two or more extra seats are required for the same passenger, ..."

I'm not sure what the upper limit is though.

 

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"Neighbor Free seat" is a way for Qantas to create revenue from distressed inventory on (generally) lightly loaded flights.

More here:

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/travel-info/seat-selection/neighbour-free.html#will-i-earn-qantas-points-or-status-credits

Neighbor Free Seating has nothing to do with "Comfort Seat" and the EXST which are the same thing - where you can buy 2 seats, paying twice the Fare and one set of Tax/Levies/Surcharges. This would earn double points and status credits.

More here:

https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnect/au/en/policies/book/seating/extra-seat-exst-for-personal-comfort.html

• There is no checked baggage allowance applicable for any additional seats purchased.

Didn't know that