Qantas Frequent Flyer Upgrade Award Improvements Announced

 

In addition to today’s Qantas Platinum One Frequent Flyer
Program announcement the Airline announced improvements to their Frequent Flyer
Upgrade Awards for both International and Domestic services.

 

In summary Improvements include extending the period in
which a member can register for an upgrade award, Upgrade awards for Platinum
members confirmed up to 24 hours before a flight and SMS notifications when an
Award Upgrade has been successful (all membership tiers)  

 

A more detailed list of the improvements are listed below:

 

Improvements to
Upgrade Awards for International services (from December 2011)

 

• The ability to register for a Flight Upgrade Award at any
  time from booking up until 24 hours before a scheduled departure;
• Platinum members may receive successful Flight Upgrade Award
  confirmation from up to 48 hours before their departure date;
• All Frequent Flyers will be notified via SMS if their Flight
  Upgrade Award is confirmed to allow customers to maximise their time to prepare
  for their upgraded Qantas journey;
• Flight Upgrade Awards will also be processed closer to the
  time of departure, meaning fewer empty First, Business and Premium Economy
  seats on the aircraft on many occasions. For example, if another customer changes
  their plans and decides not to travel, Qantas will be able to upgrade a member
  registered for a Flight Upgrade Award into their seat.

 

Improvements to
Upgrade Awards for Domestic Services (from early 2012)

 

• As per the existing international process, a domestic
  registration process will be introduced for Flight
• Upgrade Awards (for Qantas operated services with a Qantas
  flight number on their ticket) where a member’s Flight Upgrade Award cannot be
  immediately confirmed. Confirmation of a successful domestic Flight Upgrade
  Award from the point of booking, as well as the ability to request ‘on
  departure’ Flight Upgrade Awards will remain available;
• SMS notification will commence domestically in line with the
  introduction of the registration process.

 

Our coverage of the Qantas Platinum One Announcement and Release Date which was announced along with these Upgrade Award Improvements

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