787-9 first commercial flight AKL-SYD 9 Aug
Aug 4, 2014, 11:54 pm
#31
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Depending on the number of Elite passengers on the aircraft you may not need to fly WD to get PE seating. Don't request a seat and around 48 hours prior to departure service control will most likely allocate you and other FF's a PE seat, especially considering you are flying out of AKL.
Even if you don't get a PE seat, service control should still allocate you a good seat in Y so either way best just to have no seat allocation. If you are unlucky and don't have one allocated you still may be able to grab one at the airport.
I fly TT a lot and usually don't request a seat online because if I don't a better one will be allocated to me around 48 hours prior to departure.
Good luck!
Even if you don't get a PE seat, service control should still allocate you a good seat in Y so either way best just to have no seat allocation. If you are unlucky and don't have one allocated you still may be able to grab one at the airport.
I fly TT a lot and usually don't request a seat online because if I don't a better one will be allocated to me around 48 hours prior to departure.
Good luck!
Aug 5, 2014, 1:30 am
#33
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I've been on many flights to MEL in J (77W) which have had maybe 25-30 pax all bar me and one/two others have been through-traffic. With the reduced number of J seats (18) it wouldn't surprise me if most, if not all are through-traffic.
Aug 5, 2014, 3:26 am
#35
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It is probably fully booked. Don't forget that there is a heck of a lot of through-traffic from the US/Asia/UK on those flights.
I've been on many flights to MEL in J (77W) which have had maybe 25-30 pax all bar me and one/two others have been through-traffic. With the reduced number of J seats (18) it wouldn't surprise me if most, if not all are through-traffic.
I've been on many flights to MEL in J (77W) which have had maybe 25-30 pax all bar me and one/two others have been through-traffic. With the reduced number of J seats (18) it wouldn't surprise me if most, if not all are through-traffic.
Aug 5, 2014, 5:34 am
#36
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I also note that now Premium Economy thru traffic pax are booked in Works Deluxe on the Tasman which is a big improvement from the previous Works. The odd thing is if you are not a status holder you will have lounge access for the Tasman sector but not on the long haul.
I know it's been the case since the inception of S2S. About 18 months ago I had to do TBU-AKL-LAX in J and TBU-AKL was on a 320. Works Deluxe was printed on my BP.
Aug 5, 2014, 5:37 am
#37
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I also note that now Premium Economy thru traffic pax are booked in Works Deluxe on the Tasman which is a big improvement from the previous Works. The odd thing is if you are not a status holder you will have lounge access for the Tasman sector but not on the long haul.
Aug 5, 2014, 5:43 am
#38
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NZ would get around it as you have to be departing in J in order to access the lounge.
Slightly off topic (as you mentioned QF), but, out of interest I did see a very, very good F deal on QF to HKG from AKL. It was about $6900 return approx I believe.
Aug 5, 2014, 6:04 am
#39
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Aug 5, 2014, 6:09 am
#40
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Aug 5, 2014, 6:13 am
#41
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Aug 5, 2014, 12:04 pm
#42
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I also note that now Premium Economy thru traffic pax are booked in Works Deluxe on the Tasman which is a big improvement from the previous Works. The odd thing is if you are not a status holder you will have lounge access for the Tasman sector but not on the long haul.
I don't think they do - but it's been a while since I've had to rely on class of service QF lounge access. The QF lounge pages aren't particularly clear for CoS-based access but I'd be surprised if you could get access at SYD on AKL-SYD-LAX where only AKL-SYD was booked in business class.
As far as QF PE fares go, I believe the only way to get Tasman business class is if I-inventory is available at time of booking. You do earn business SCs/miles though which is nice.
Aug 5, 2014, 4:18 pm
#43
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QF PE will book into Business Class TT if you are buying the full fare, usually $300 over Saver. IME you do need to have I and D fares available.
Aug 6, 2014, 12:04 am
#44
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Depending on the number of Elite passengers on the aircraft you may not need to fly WD to get PE seating. Don't request a seat and around 48 hours prior to departure service control will most likely allocate you and other FF's a PE seat, especially considering you are flying out of AKL.
Even if you don't get a PE seat, service control should still allocate you a good seat in Y so either way best just to have no seat allocation. If you are unlucky and don't have one allocated you still may be able to grab one at the airport.
I fly TT a lot and usually don't request a seat online because if I don't a better one will be allocated to me around 48 hours prior to departure.
Good luck!
Even if you don't get a PE seat, service control should still allocate you a good seat in Y so either way best just to have no seat allocation. If you are unlucky and don't have one allocated you still may be able to grab one at the airport.
I fly TT a lot and usually don't request a seat online because if I don't a better one will be allocated to me around 48 hours prior to departure.
Good luck!