Iberia invites customers to bid for upgrades to Business Class
Mar 19, 2015, 2:29 pm
#61
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: CPH
Programs: EBD, AB OWS (Gold)
Posts: 459
Got an e-mail on Monday with an offer to upgrade next weeks flight MAD-GRU for 500 €. When I booked months ago I could bid 400 € for the same, but the on-line offer disappeared after a week or two.
May 18, 2015, 4:30 pm
#64
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 1
I'm flying LAX-MAD in a week and just got the email from Iberia about this upgrade. Does anyone know if I can bid less than the suggested amount and still have a chance? Or, if I bid the suggested amount (which was 500€) is is somewhat likely I'll get the upgrade? It looks like Business is only about 1/2 full on my flights.
Thanks for any info!
Thanks for any info!
Jun 1, 2015, 9:27 am
#66
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Middle Earth, and often worse
Programs: BAEC Silver, A3 Gold
Posts: 2,219
Paid 450 Euros for upgrade MAD-PTY at the MAD CS desk on April 24th. ^
The on-line bidding did not work at all - no reply by the time I landed in MAD on my (QR) DOH-MAD flight.
The on-line bidding did not work at all - no reply by the time I landed in MAD on my (QR) DOH-MAD flight.
Jun 2, 2015, 3:09 am
#67
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: BMI Diamon Club
Posts: 318
Jun 11, 2015, 11:41 am
#69
Join Date: Oct 1999
Posts: 633
Iberia invites customers to bid for upgrades to Business Class
Has anyone had issues with mileage posting to AA or other airlines?
The segment is rebooked into U class which is technically an award bucket - hoping that IB posts the original class of service.
The segment is rebooked into U class which is technically an award bucket - hoping that IB posts the original class of service.
Jun 12, 2015, 1:55 am
#70
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: BMI Diamon Club
Posts: 318
Jun 16, 2015, 10:52 am
#72
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: TLV/ATH/LON/EZE/NYC/UIP
Programs: BA*GGL, A3*G, AF*P, VS*S
Posts: 1,011
My friend just got a $500 upgrade TLV-MAD-JFK, so yes in answer to your question, and it's even better considering TLV-MAD is over 2,000 miles and has the nice mid-haul cradle seats.
He paid about $800 for his underlying ticket, and plans to upgrade the return if offered, so total cost $1,800.
Meanwhile I am flying the identical route on Saturday, paid $2,200 for I-class, and my extra $400 ensured I definitely had a biz seat, 560 BA tier points, 41,000 Avios earned rather than the 17,000 for low econ, and an extra 20,000 Avios under BA's transatlantic bonus. 0.9 cents per extra Avios (and $1 per BA tier point) seems a good deal to me!
He paid about $800 for his underlying ticket, and plans to upgrade the return if offered, so total cost $1,800.
Meanwhile I am flying the identical route on Saturday, paid $2,200 for I-class, and my extra $400 ensured I definitely had a biz seat, 560 BA tier points, 41,000 Avios earned rather than the 17,000 for low econ, and an extra 20,000 Avios under BA's transatlantic bonus. 0.9 cents per extra Avios (and $1 per BA tier point) seems a good deal to me!
Jun 18, 2015, 4:43 pm
#73
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: BA Gold, IB Silver, TP Gold
Posts: 95
I have a flight in 2months MAD-GRU, they offer me to bid for a J seat for 450€. If I bid in both legs, 900€ at least, for about 1200€ its possible to find the same flights with IB/BA on J - score a few more miles/avios.
The sad point, A340 - old J seats isn't my favourites. If I had paid attention I had choose A330.
Anyway, I'll try on check-in desk.
The sad point, A340 - old J seats isn't my favourites. If I had paid attention I had choose A330.
Anyway, I'll try on check-in desk.
Last edited by DTCFlyer; Jun 18, 2015 at 6:55 pm
Jun 22, 2015, 6:09 am
#74
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: TLV/ATH/LON/EZE/NYC/UIP
Programs: BA*GGL, A3*G, AF*P, VS*S
Posts: 1,011
I think the A340s on the MAD-GRU route have all been refurbished. Certainly when I took it last year (also back from EZE), every day I looked at showed the new seating.