Bid Now Upgrade Success Stories
Sep 17, 2015, 2:51 pm
#1
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Huntersville, NC USA
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Bid Now Upgrade Success Stories
I am a OW Emerald and flying QF Sunday DFW-SYD and got the offer to do a bid now upgrade. I am booked in PE and just wondered if anyone has any feedback on how likely the bid is taken.
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F8 A5 J9 C9 D9 I3 W6 R6 T0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L0 G0 E0
Seatmap is showing 4 open seats and 21 blocked seats. Any idea why so many blocked?
Flight is showing
F8 A5 J9 C9 D9 I3 W6 R6 T0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L0 G0 E0
Seatmap is showing 4 open seats and 21 blocked seats. Any idea why so many blocked?
Last edited by bmrsjohn; Sep 17, 2015 at 2:56 pm Reason: Forgot some info
Sep 17, 2015, 3:59 pm
#2
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Seat maps are no idication of bookings
With M9 still lowish priced economy seats for sale
But ony 6 PE (less than 9)
With D9 still lowish priced business seats for sale. RTW *ONE* and other lowish priced business book into D
With M9 still lowish priced economy seats for sale
But ony 6 PE (less than 9)
With D9 still lowish priced business seats for sale. RTW *ONE* and other lowish priced business book into D
Sep 24, 2015, 4:45 am
#4
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Location: Portland OR Double Emerald (QF and AA), DL PM/MM, Starwood Plat
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Blocked seats can be for keeping empty seat next to high-status pax, QF does this (but will fill these seats later if there is demand, just not available for selection).
Sep 26, 2015, 8:38 am
#5
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Dallas, TX
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Not on this flight. Seats will remain blocked due to weight restrictions. Otherwise the flight would have to make a stop (like the 747 used to).
Sep 26, 2015, 3:37 pm
#6
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Location: SYD
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"Blocked seats" are held available for "special" people and not available for general bookings until needed at the last moment. For example seats next to WPs are usually blocked (the "platinum shadow") but may be released if the flight is fully booked. Likewise, the "premium" seats in the front row in each cabin are "blocked" until QF decides to release it to people of their choosing - perhaps CL. These blocked seats (especially front rows) can be the highest yielding seats for some VIP last minute pax. No way are any of these seats routinely specifically unsold for weight of aircraft issues. To get the weight sorted, it'll be other seats that will not be sold - typically scattered around the Y cabin.
Sep 27, 2015, 12:37 pm
#7
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Such unsold capacity results in unused seats and these can basically be anywhere in the cabin; the actual allocation can vary flight to flight depending on circumstances.
Dec 8, 2016, 3:42 pm
#8
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: New York City
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Hello all
I am flying to JNB next week on a cheap N class fare. I know that this booking class does not allow for classic points upgrade awards, but does it preclude me from bidding for an upgrade to PE or Biz? Thanks!
I am flying to JNB next week on a cheap N class fare. I know that this booking class does not allow for classic points upgrade awards, but does it preclude me from bidding for an upgrade to PE or Biz? Thanks!
Dec 8, 2016, 9:12 pm
#9
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Location: Portland OR Double Emerald (QF and AA), DL PM/MM, Starwood Plat
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Bid now upgrades are available to everyone who is invited; how that is selected is a trade secret (it isn't just fare basis). Probably varies with each flight based on revenue optimization.
Dec 19, 2016, 7:27 am
#11
Join Date: Dec 2007
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LHR-DXB QF10 Booked in Premium Economy (T). Flight wide open in J. Bidding scale between GBP190-GBP1050. I bid GBP300 and had my offer accepted T-24hrs. Inbound DXB-LHR QF9 again in Premium (T). As I was underwhelmed with the J hard product I bid GBP190 on a very busy J flight expecting not to get the upgrade. T-24 notified I had been successful. Full J tier status points and miles posted to my BA Exec Club account within 48hrs of each flight taken. Circa GBP200 would be all I would be prepared to pay for QF J on the A380 in future for a flight length 6-7hrs
Mar 22, 2017, 4:41 am
#15
Join Date: Aug 2015
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Flying W HKG-SYD on QF128 with my wife....was invited to bid now to upgrade to J. Bid AU$320 x 2 which was just over the minimum and didn't hold out much hope. Got a call from my credit card provider (MBNA) to say they had declined a request for payment from Qantas as it looked suspicious???!!!! I told them to allow it but now Qantas are refusing to re-try and have rejected my bid!!!
Bloody MBNA scuppering my chances of a cheapish upgrade to QF J!!!!!!
Bloody MBNA scuppering my chances of a cheapish upgrade to QF J!!!!!!