QANTAS seat selection - cheapest method

LFlyerone on 10/09/2014 - 23:24
Last edited 10/09/2014 - 23:25

Hi folks,
Long story short.

Six family members traveling to USA together on an American Airlines flight but a QANTAS service in a little over a week. It will cost $300 for seat selection for all six for there and back.

Available after payment for your flight has been made at qantas.com, Advance Seat Selection is complimentary if:

  • You are travelling on any Qantas operated domestic service.
  • You are travelling internationally in First, Business or Premium Economy cabins.
  • You are a Platinum, Gold or Silver Frequent Flyer or equivalent oneworld Frequent Flyer.
  • You are on the same booking and travelling with any of the above mentioned travellers.

So my question is, would it be cheaper to become a Silver Frequent flyer or equivalent oneworld Frequent Flyer? I am already an Emirates FF member but not sure that counts.
With 6 adult fares, am I crazy not to join QANTAS FF to take advantage of this offer next time if I can't manage it this time?

Thanks.
I'm new to travel.

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  • bdl on 10/09/2014 - 23:34
    +2

    Tip 1: KEEP YOUR BOARDING PASSES :) You can credit these flights' points/etc to a frequent flyer scheme AFTER flying as long as you keep your boarding passes

    Tip 2: Use Seatguru.com to determine what seats are best for your flights

    As a hunch, I think it'd be cheaper to pay $300 once off than gaining the required flights to obtain silver QFF. Are you planning much QF/oneworld flying in not too distant future?

  • Davo1111 on 11/09/2014 - 00:33
    +1

    Emirates are not a member of the oneworld global alliance

  • modsec802 on 11/09/2014 - 06:31
    +2

    Just by joining QFF (which you can do free via everyday rewards) doesn't give you silver status and since you're flying in a week then there's no point anyway.
    For example, getting silver requires 300 status credits which is 15 return flights from Brisbane to Sydney in economy.

  • adamren on 11/09/2014 - 14:09
    +2

    Just choose them 24 hours ahead online…for free. It's a plane, unless you're not in cattle class you'll be squished anyway…unless in last row.

    As bdl said, check seatguru even though it's fairly bare, but sometimes you hit gold with a massive red flag of a certain seat on a certain plane that has or had a dripping aircon thingy. You don't want one of those as I did on JAL. But it was only for a few hours and I was sleeping. Was way back in 2007 though but I should have put a note on seatguru about it.

    Airline travel is shit, you just gotta put up with it sometimes and not get rage with entitlement like some people. 90% of seats in economy are pretty much the same, it's the 10% that is annoying - that ruins it. I've sat in last row near toilets but hey 12 hours of that isn't a big deal once it's over. You quickly appreciate the seats you get next time that are much better.

    If you don't want to pay the extra $25 on top of your ~$1500 then quit whinging and don't complain. Just pay up or sit in silence.

    The age of entitlement is over people. Well at least for the non-politicians.

  • Flyerone on 11/09/2014 - 15:32

    Thanks all. I will use seatguru and I think we'll just take our chances on the 24 hr check in.

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