Op Up's with Qantas flights operated by British Airways?
Apr 13, 2010, 12:09 am
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Apr 13, 2010, 12:32 am
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In 5 years flying as a WP in the UK mostly on BA, I received the following op-ups:
- many on short haul flights - probably about 10% of the time;
- 2 x WT+ to J upgrades on LHR - JFK (about a 20% strike rate);
- 1 x WT+ to J upgrade on IAD - LHR (a 50% strike rate);
- 1 x double upgrade Y to J on SFO to LHR (woohoo ! - about a 20% strike rate).
Travelling on QF flight numbers should make no difference.
- many on short haul flights - probably about 10% of the time;
- 2 x WT+ to J upgrades on LHR - JFK (about a 20% strike rate);
- 1 x WT+ to J upgrade on IAD - LHR (a 50% strike rate);
- 1 x double upgrade Y to J on SFO to LHR (woohoo ! - about a 20% strike rate).
Travelling on QF flight numbers should make no difference.
Apr 13, 2010, 6:00 am
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If you're wondering why I am asking the question, I'm not being nosey. I'm wondering if you are getting taken for granted by QF because of your high SC, and now that I have got 'up there' in the SC-earning (close to 5,000 / year, although still nowhere near as many as yours) and also based overseas, I am wondering if the op-ups will stop for me too.
Apr 13, 2010, 2:10 pm
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That's bad to hear, as in it's a bit unfair that you've never been op-uped in that case, especially considering you earn horrific number of SCs. Do you fly much QF and BA, or are your SCs mostly from others?
If you're wondering why I am asking the question, I'm not being nosey. I'm wondering if you are getting taken for granted by QF because of your high SC, and now that I have got 'up there' in the SC-earning (close to 5,000 / year, although still nowhere near as many as yours) and also based overseas, I am wondering if the op-ups will stop for me too.
If you're wondering why I am asking the question, I'm not being nosey. I'm wondering if you are getting taken for granted by QF because of your high SC, and now that I have got 'up there' in the SC-earning (close to 5,000 / year, although still nowhere near as many as yours) and also based overseas, I am wondering if the op-ups will stop for me too.
Apr 13, 2010, 5:37 pm
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I'd be curious to see if I get zero op-up from QF this year.
Apr 13, 2010, 9:24 pm
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That's bad news - it does sound like you're getting taken for granted and being passed over for op-ups. Or you're very unlucky. I thought it might be the "lack of opportunity to be op-uped by QF/BA due to not flying on them a lot" but that's clearly not the case with you on QF.
I'd be curious to see if I get zero op-up from QF this year.
I'd be curious to see if I get zero op-up from QF this year.
I think more that the point is that international op-ups are exceedingly rare on QF. QF seems to able to convince people to use points to upgrade and this seems to happen more often than not enough to cover any operational issues. I've never has an international op-up on QF, but many on BA. BA exec club members are not leisure flyers with tons of credit card points they can use for upgrades.
On the other hand, QF domestic op-ups are common as people don't tend to use points to upgrade on these routes. If I remember correctly, KIWI FLYER rarely flies domestically with QF.
Apr 13, 2010, 10:19 pm
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Domestic for me is within NZ, and yeah I try to avoid JQ (not totally successfully).
Within Australia I fly QF almost exclusively, but this is only a dozen or so flights a year. There were more Australia domestic QF flights last year - see oz fest trip report for instance.
Within Australia I fly QF almost exclusively, but this is only a dozen or so flights a year. There were more Australia domestic QF flights last year - see oz fest trip report for instance.
Apr 14, 2010, 12:54 am
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Strangely, I have had some (not a huge number though) op-ups on QF international, and none ever on QF domestic, even though I used to fly QF domestic at least twice a week at one point.