Upgrading family member -- timing question

[ZenFlyer]

My niece and I are booked on a QF domestic flight in March. I am on a business class award ticket (booked through AA). My niece is a Flex Economy ticket, and I've requested a points upgrade for her using the "Upgrade a family member feature." The upgrade is showing in my account as having been requested.

I've read a few comments here on AFF indicating that if one requests an upgrade before receiving an e-ticket, this may engender a processing problem that causes the upgrade request to get "stuck." In hindsight, I think I may have done that. So I am thinking that to be on the safe side, I will cancel the current request and then re-submit a new one, just in case. I have a couple of nit-picky questions for the experts here.

• First question: Is there any reason not to cancel and then re-request for the same ticket? I just made the original request a few weeks ago, and I'm guessing its not going to be a super upgrade-heavy flight (SYD to AYQ in March), so I'm not too worried about losing my place in the queue. I'm more concerned whether cancelling and then re-requesting is likely to cause some other type of process problem I haven't thought of.
• Second question: I also want to "link"/request a TCP notation for our separate PNRs, in case of IRROPs, etc.. Is there any reason to consider the timing of that request in relation to the upgrade request -- in other words, is it better to link the PNRs before making the upgrade request, after making the upgrade request, or are these two processes so unrelated that it just doesn't matter?

I am probably over-thinking all of this, but appreciate your advice nonetheless!

 

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My niece and I are booked on a QF domestic flight in March. I am on a business class award ticket (booked through AA). My niece is a Flex Economy ticket, and I've requested a points upgrade for her using the "Upgrade a family member feature." The upgrade is showing in my account as having been requested.

I've read a few comments here on AFF indicating that if one requests an upgrade before receiving an e-ticket, this may engender a processing problem that causes the upgrade request to get "stuck." In hindsight, I think I may have done that. So I am thinking that to be on the safe side, I will cancel the current request and then re-submit a new one, just in case. I have a couple of nit-picky questions for the experts here.

• First question: Is there any reason not to cancel and then re-request for the same ticket? I just made the original request a few weeks ago, and I'm guessing its not going to be a super upgrade-heavy flight (SYD to AYQ in March), so I'm not too worried about losing my place in the queue. I'm more concerned whether cancelling and then re-requesting is likely to cause some other type of process problem I haven't thought of.
• Second question: I also want to "link"/request a TCP notation for our separate PNRs, in case of IRROPs, etc.. Is there any reason to consider the timing of that request in relation to the upgrade request -- in other words, is it better to link the PNRs before making the upgrade request, after making the upgrade request, or are these two processes so unrelated that it just doesn't matter?

I am probably over-thinking all of this, but appreciate your advice nonetheless!

I always thought you couldn't request an upgrade if the ticket hasn't issued yet.

Anyway, I wouldn't think too much into it, feel free to re-request it. I believe the time you request the upgrade is the final tiebreaker (after status, qantas club, and fare class), so it's unlikely to come into effect. (unless of course you get an instant upgrade due to there being award space)

 

[ZenFlyer]

I always thought you couldn't request an upgrade if the ticket hasn't issued yet.

Anyway, I wouldn't think too much into it, feel free to re-request it. I believe the time you request the upgrade is the final tiebreaker (after status, qantas club, and fare class), so it's unlikely to come into effect. (unless of course you get an instant upgrade due to there being award space)

Thanks so much for the reply! Regarding the timing of upgrade request versus ticket issuance, I don't quite understand the issue myself, but I've seen comments on several different threads about it (example below). But whether it's necessary in this situation or not, I appreciate the confirmation that canceling and re-requesting should not have any negative effects. So I'll just do that and then stop thinking about. I have a feeling that additional U space, if it appears, won't be until much closer to the time of the flight.



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Upgrade when on different flight numbers

Pondering a flight to LHR going via Syd to Melbourne to Singapore and then the flight would meet up with QF1. QF2 home directly to Sydney It is all on one booked ticket as a suggested flight by the Qantas system . However wondering how I would go with requesting upgrade on the trip. If I want to...

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