Qantas comes through with upgrade
Apr 22, 2012, 5:37 pm
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Qantas comes through with upgrade
Just wanted to let frequent flyers out there know that upgrades do come through sometimes. I put in for an upgrade from Economy to Business with Qantas from Melb to Singapore for my family of five and Qantas came through!!!! Thrilled to know that frequent flyer programs do have this type of bonus.
Apr 23, 2012, 1:03 am
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Now that is impressive that you had 5 come through - although that can be a concern that loads were that light 
Apr 23, 2012, 4:34 am
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Wow, five ^
Mind you, the loads in Business are light -
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Mind you, the loads in Business are light -
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Departing MEL on 24/04/12 12:00 AM for SIN
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QF 9 0 MEL SIN 388 Unavailable
24/04/12 3:30 PM 24/04/12 9:25 PM 72% / 63m
F2 A2 J9 C9 D9 I9 W1 R0 T0 Y9 B8 H7 K7 M7 L6 V1 S8 N5 Q4 O9 G0 X8 E0
May 22, 2012, 6:48 pm
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I think you got your "Silver" and "Business Class" mixed up bora...must have been inbibing too much of the J Class wine 
Operational upgrades (op up's) are a mystery to most apart from Yield Management. Being Silver, you might have merely been lucky - in the right place at the right time. As you don't mention where the op up happened (ie. at check-in, Lounge or boarding), perhaps all the other CL's, Platinums an Golds had already checked in/boarded and they were looking for additional status members to bump - so count your lucky :-:'s
Operational upgrades (op up's) are a mystery to most apart from Yield Management. Being Silver, you might have merely been lucky - in the right place at the right time. As you don't mention where the op up happened (ie. at check-in, Lounge or boarding), perhaps all the other CL's, Platinums an Golds had already checked in/boarded and they were looking for additional status members to bump - so count your lucky :-:'s