Upgrades-- Do miles need to be in your own account?
Jan 23, 2014, 4:06 am
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Upgrades-- Do miles need to be in your own account?
Or can someone else sponsor a mileage upgrade for you from their account, if they are not flying on the same PNR?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Jan 23, 2014, 5:34 pm
#3
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
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Yes, "family members" can request upgrades for other family members on a QF operated flight with a QF PNR. You need to specify a relationship to the other person travelling. I do not know how in reality this is checked or enforced. I have upgraded someone with a non matching surname on a domestic sector without an issue, but I'm thinking it's not something people would want to make a regular habit of it is not a relative/in-law (the list is fairly wide IIRC).
Also the status of the QFF member making the upgrade award gives the priority of the request, so it pays to have a WP Uncle
See: http://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/...domestic#jump4
and http://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/program/terms#jump1
Also the status of the QFF member making the upgrade award gives the priority of the request, so it pays to have a WP Uncle
See: http://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/...domestic#jump4
and http://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/program/terms#jump1
Eligible Family Member' of a Member means any person the Member can demonstrate, to the reasonable satisfaction of Qantas, as being related to that Member in any of the ways described below:
Husband/Wife
Parent/Step-parent
Domestic Partner/De Facto
Child, including foster & step-child
Brother/Sister
Half Brother/Sister
Grandparent
Grandchild
Son/Daughter-in-law
Brother/Sister-in-law
Father/Mother-in-law
Uncle/Aunt
Nephew/Niece
First cousin
Husband/Wife
Parent/Step-parent
Domestic Partner/De Facto
Child, including foster & step-child
Brother/Sister
Half Brother/Sister
Grandparent
Grandchild
Son/Daughter-in-law
Brother/Sister-in-law
Father/Mother-in-law
Uncle/Aunt
Nephew/Niece
First cousin
Jan 23, 2014, 7:21 pm
#4
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Also the status of the QFF member making the upgrade award gives the priority of the request, so it pays to have a WP Uncle
See: http://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/...domestic#jump4
and http://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/program/terms#jump1
See: http://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/...domestic#jump4
and http://www.qantas.com.au/fflyer/dyn/program/terms#jump1
Upgrading and your Family
If you are travelling with your family, your request will include all passengers in your booking who are eligible family members. If your booking includes passengers other than eligible family members, you will need to contact Qantas Telephone Sales to split the booking and then you will be able to request an upgrade.
If you are not travelling but use your points to request an upgrade for an eligible family member, the upgrade will be awarded according to the eligible family member's priority, not the status of the Qantas Frequent Flyer whose points are being used. An exception is made when Platinum One members, though not travelling, redeem points for an upgrade on behalf of eligible family members. In this case the eligible family members will enjoy the same high priority as a Platinum One member.
If you are travelling with your family, your request will include all passengers in your booking who are eligible family members. If your booking includes passengers other than eligible family members, you will need to contact Qantas Telephone Sales to split the booking and then you will be able to request an upgrade.
If you are not travelling but use your points to request an upgrade for an eligible family member, the upgrade will be awarded according to the eligible family member's priority, not the status of the Qantas Frequent Flyer whose points are being used. An exception is made when Platinum One members, though not travelling, redeem points for an upgrade on behalf of eligible family members. In this case the eligible family members will enjoy the same high priority as a Platinum One member.
So only PO members, and I guess CL, will have their status transferred over to the "family member".
Of course YMMV but over Chirstmas Mrs Blackcloud non-QFF member did not have her upgrade clear until the gate....but she was told that she was first on the list. I had placed the request 90 days out, there were 5 available seats at the time of request and went down to 1 seat 2 weeks before the flight (very happy to get it...I flew with Little Miss Blackcloud in WHY days before
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