steveclifton

Hi

I have used oneup on on a recent flight (stupid amount, $50 for an upgrade to LAX in Econ)

Has anyone bidded and won? Whats the lowest you have got away with for what upgrade?

123dd

Never used, but I thought oneup has a minimum bid? And it's not running until end of May??

Shazzadude

Yeah, I believe the minimum bid they'll accept is $200 for Y-PE.

Blackcloud

I thought the minimum was for the new system starting in May not for the pilot that was used on the US Flights.

steveclifton

Ah OK yes after speaking with airnz I was just part of the pilot, was unaware it wasn't live until may...

West45

Does anyone else have any bid fail / success bid amounts? Would be good to see what's happening out there...

Trumpkin

I expect that most people won't post this info.

If I'd been having success with say $222 bids and posted it, it would encourage people to bid say $233, meaning the person who posted would miss out.

Air NZ know this of course and it is no doubt designed to encourage people to put in higher bids.

Xiaotung

I am actually surprised no one has posted yet. Would you want to worry about people outbidding you or would you just choose another airline? Time will tell.

West45

That's a fairly negative attitude to take, given the relatively few people who would look on here compared to the proportion of Oneup bidders in total? I thought it wouldn't be a big deal disclosing what you bid, especially considering there is apparently a sliding bar telling you how successful you are likely to be based on historical bids. I know I would be happy to share my experience if I ever bid on it. We are here to help each other out!

nzlilibet

Does anyone know if one can increase one's original bid? If, say, I book a couple of months ahead and put in a bid around what is said to be likely to succeed and then find closer to departure that the amount likely to succeed has increased, can I increase my bid?

Xiaotung

Not sure about that but you can cancel one and resubmit.

nzlilibet

Thanks for that. I guess we'll all see how it works in practice when it starts in earnest. I know how much we're all looking forward to it. NOT

Xiaotung

It looks like a few Velocity folks have got successful bids. And OneUp seems to be booked into R class. One question remains. If there are no R class left, does it mean the cabin would prefer to be left empty than allowing standby upgrades? The whole upgrade change seems so counter productive to me.

http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...and-38990.html

West45

Official Air NZ word doesn't provide much guidance, but-

In addition to the value of your offer and the value of other offers for the same cabin class, we will take into account your Airpoints™ tier status or Star Alliance frequent flyer status, the booking class of the original fare purchased, how often you may have been upgraded through this program in the past, the number of seats available in the higher cabin class and the number of passengers in the booking and any other factor to be considered at Air New Zealand’s discretion.

That makes me think that they will make their best effort to fill the cabin.

In relation to resubmitting bid offers, that's permitted- (from FAQ section)

Yes. You can change or cancel your offer up to seven days prior to the scheduled departure time of the applicable flight by going back to the OneUp™ offer website via the link in your offer confirmation email. From the 30th of May 2012, Airpoints members will also be able to change or cancel their offers via myairnz.com.

Shazzadude

Star Alliance Golds better not get as much weight as an NZ Gold bid.

Less than a month to go now, we really should be given more information about how this will work-status weightings, what wins between a recognition upgrade and a OneUp bid, etc.