As @SYD said re food and bags, but also note if it's a 320, seats are very cramped.
We recently flew DPS-PER (connecting to QF onto SYD - both on points). I paid for “Upfront seats” (Row 3) which are otherwise standard seats. I actually didn’t find them too bad. But that was a shortish day flight.As @SYD said re food and bags, but also note if it's a 320, seats are very cramped.
Standard seat selection is $12.
Ms Flyfrequently recently flew to Bali and was very grateful that we paid $38 for the extra leg room seats for the journey back.
Happy travels @downtheback
We also selected adjacent aisle seats (always do when flying whY). A good way to avoid the dreaded middle seat situation. Up until two weeks out, we had a row each to ourselves - but that didn’t last. Completely full flight.
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Thanks for that. Flying into Singapore most likely so avoid the A320/A321 and get the B787. Will look into the extra legroom seats when it comes time to book.As @SYD said re food and bags, but also note if it's a 320, seats are very cramped.
Standard seat selection is $12.
Ms Flyfrequently recently flew to Bali and was very grateful that we paid $38 for the extra leg room seats for the journey back.
Happy travels @downtheback
I just read an AFF article by @Mattg July 3rd on reduction of 787's to Bali, and by April no J from Melbourne
no. Well you can ask
, but you won't be able to use QF points to request an upgrade in that sense due to AY flight number (assuming this from your comment about "all sectors are marketed by AY")No. AY flight number.
Should do yes.
Potentially, though it depends how this was done. If it was from an airline offered upgrade for a sector, such as AY, they'd probably book it into an non earning upgrade bucket, and you'd likely still earn the base SC's. However, if upgraded sector(s) booked into a revnu booking class (unusual but possible maybe) then I'd say yes. I wouldn't count on it though.
yes potentially. though probably a lot of mucking around between QFF and AY potentially in this (unlikely) situation. I could see pushback from QFF - you'd most certainly need proof of the originally ticketed flights, rerouting and probably something from AY(or whoever caused the problem) to push your case. Could be messy.
The only way to get this is through AY directly. If you are a member of Finnair Plus (their FF progam), this would be avenue to do it.
Yes they do. I usually aim at their Economy Comfort seats which are the front of the Y cabin and have a few extra inches of legroom.
Just make sure you have a copy of the original ticket and then all the boarding passes for the actual flights taken if you submit a claim. Rerouting may also trigger a new ticket so do pay attention to keep all the tickets issued so the trip can be reconciled and the right SC's credited.
Not all those lounges are practical. Forget T4 unless you have a very long layover.
Layover on outbound is 2 1/2 hour and on inbound is 1 hour at SIN. So lounge hopping may be possible on outbound, but inbound seems less likely. It seems like FinnAir and Qantas both operate from Terminal 1 so best to stay there I suppose. IIRC you have to clear security at the gate, right? If so, when should I be leaving the lounge for the gate?
Noted. We'll see what offers there are. For me the key sector is that long haul one to/from HEL. No doubt it'll cost an arm and a leg. Then again, the upgrade offer on the inbound from a Flex H fare could very well be competitive.
Be at the gate at T-40 minutes, queuing to the security check. This means that on your inbound, you probably would do well by pretty much walking straight from arrival gate to the next departure gate (unless your incoming is early or departure delayed).
Connecting QFi to QFd they will simply put you in the next available flight. Otherwise once you are platinum you can get hobart to do it for you.Would this be a voluntary or involuntary change?
I have a SYD-SIN / SIN-MEL-SYD booking (revenue). The return was originally booked on QF38 (dep 2340), connecting to QF440 (dep 1200) and gave me 1:50 for the transfer in MEL. A while back I received a flight change notice of QF38 being cancelled and I was moved to QF36 (dep 1940) but my domestic connection stayed the same, meaning 5:50 to spend in MEL. I have not accepted the change in my booking yet so it's still pending customer action in the system.
I've tried the call centre roulette twice but the agents have not gotten why I want to move to an earlier domestic connection and have insisted that QF440 at 1200 is the first flight on the day.
I see both from EF and QF that QF38 is back online and tickets being sold. To maximise my day in SIN, I'd like switch back from QF36 to my original booking on QF38. Would this go as a voluntary (customer requested) change or can I attempt to push this as an involuntary one?
Timing-wise, about two months before this trip I'll hop up to WP level and can try to raffle my way to the Hobart call centre. If the overseas centres are still equally clueless than earlier, I'm happy to wait for the opportunity to try Hobart because my travel dates are likely to be quiet ones so there's a high likelihood that QF38 has plenty of seats left (or an earlier domestic connection is available, if I need to go with QF36).
