SAA lets pax bid for business class
Apr 12, 2015, 2:35 am
#1
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SAA lets pax bid for business class
"SAA has introduced Step-Up, an online bidding system that gives customers the opportunity to upgrade their seat for an upcoming trip from economy to business class, where business class inventory is available. The programme has been launched on selected routes and will be extended to more routes in the near future."
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Apr 12, 2015, 7:06 am
#2
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"SAA Step-Up Upgrade is not eligible for the following bookings: Tickets booked using promotional fares (G,W,L booking classes), redemption tickets, free tickets, tickets already upgraded using miles, and bookings with infants."
Avoid G, W and L booking classes if you want to test out this feature.
Only available on the following destinations so far:
Sao Paulo, Perth, Entebbe, Lusaka and Cape Town.
Miles will be earned for the original fare booked. So all in all, not THAT interesting except maybe for the long-haul flights.
Avoid G, W and L booking classes if you want to test out this feature.
Only available on the following destinations so far:
Sao Paulo, Perth, Entebbe, Lusaka and Cape Town.
Miles will be earned for the original fare booked. So all in all, not THAT interesting except maybe for the long-haul flights.
Last edited by sexten; Apr 12, 2015 at 7:18 am
Apr 13, 2015, 9:03 am
#3
Join Date: Dec 2006
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"SAA Step-Up Upgrade is not eligible for the following bookings: Tickets booked using promotional fares (G,W,L booking classes), redemption tickets, free tickets, tickets already upgraded using miles, and bookings with infants."
Avoid G, W and L booking classes if you want to test out this feature.
Only available on the following destinations so far:
Sao Paulo, Perth, Entebbe, Lusaka and Cape Town.
Miles will be earned for the original fare booked. So all in all, not THAT interesting except maybe for the long-haul flights.
Avoid G, W and L booking classes if you want to test out this feature.
Only available on the following destinations so far:
Sao Paulo, Perth, Entebbe, Lusaka and Cape Town.
Miles will be earned for the original fare booked. So all in all, not THAT interesting except maybe for the long-haul flights.
Jun 7, 2015, 12:57 am
#4
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 55
Three flights on itinerary:
SA 204 JFK - JNB Class L: Eligible for upgrade
SA 327 JNB - CPT Class B: Eligible for upgrade
SA 203 JNB - JFK Class G: Not eligible for upgrade
When I made the reservation, it seemed that all the flights were in the same class since they were the lowest price economy fare and were non-refundable. I was first thinking that SA 203 was not eligible because it was a couple of weeks later, but after reading this thread, I imagine it is because it is in class G. Yet, L is eligible. Go figure.
SA 204 JFK - JNB Class L: Eligible for upgrade
SA 327 JNB - CPT Class B: Eligible for upgrade
SA 203 JNB - JFK Class G: Not eligible for upgrade
When I made the reservation, it seemed that all the flights were in the same class since they were the lowest price economy fare and were non-refundable. I was first thinking that SA 203 was not eligible because it was a couple of weeks later, but after reading this thread, I imagine it is because it is in class G. Yet, L is eligible. Go figure.
Jun 7, 2015, 10:19 am
#5
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Three flights on itinerary:
SA 204 JFK - JNB Class L: Eligible for upgrade
SA 327 JNB - CPT Class B: Eligible for upgrade
SA 203 JNB - JFK Class G: Not eligible for upgrade
When I made the reservation, it seemed that all the flights were in the same class since they were the lowest price economy fare and were non-refundable. I was first thinking that SA 203 was not eligible because it was a couple of weeks later, but after reading this thread, I imagine it is because it is in class G. Yet, L is eligible. Go figure.
SA 204 JFK - JNB Class L: Eligible for upgrade
SA 327 JNB - CPT Class B: Eligible for upgrade
SA 203 JNB - JFK Class G: Not eligible for upgrade
When I made the reservation, it seemed that all the flights were in the same class since they were the lowest price economy fare and were non-refundable. I was first thinking that SA 203 was not eligible because it was a couple of weeks later, but after reading this thread, I imagine it is because it is in class G. Yet, L is eligible. Go figure.
Jun 15, 2015, 7:44 pm
#8
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 55
Three flights on itinerary:
SA 204 JFK - JNB Class L: Eligible for upgrade
SA 327 JNB - CPT Class B: Eligible for upgrade
SA 203 JNB - JFK Class G: Not eligible for upgrade
When I made the reservation, it seemed that all the flights were in the same class since they were the lowest price economy fare and were non-refundable. I was first thinking that SA 203 was not eligible because it was a couple of weeks later, but after reading this thread, I imagine it is because it is in class G. Yet, L is eligible. Go figure.
SA 204 JFK - JNB Class L: Eligible for upgrade
SA 327 JNB - CPT Class B: Eligible for upgrade
SA 203 JNB - JFK Class G: Not eligible for upgrade
When I made the reservation, it seemed that all the flights were in the same class since they were the lowest price economy fare and were non-refundable. I was first thinking that SA 203 was not eligible because it was a couple of weeks later, but after reading this thread, I imagine it is because it is in class G. Yet, L is eligible. Go figure.
Jun 28, 2015, 9:07 am
#9
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: MAN
Programs: A3 Gold, KQ Gold
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I received the upgrade email for LHR-JNB-BLZ. Upgrades are available for 3 out of the 4 legs of which 1 leg is in L class and one in G class and to make it even more interesting there is an infant on the booking. I did get curious to see what the lowest possible bid is but soon got scared off when I saw LHR-JNB was £915 + 71 APD, BLZ-JNB was £365 and JNB-LHR was £915.
Jul 13, 2015, 4:01 am
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data points
2 more data points:
MUC-JNB, offer range from GBP 470-680 per pax
JNB-LHR, offer range from GBP 675-1040 (!) per pax.
outbound is in K, inbound in T - not sure if the prices are booking class or route dependent, but either way ... too rich for my blood.
MUC-JNB, offer range from GBP 470-680 per pax
JNB-LHR, offer range from GBP 675-1040 (!) per pax.
outbound is in K, inbound in T - not sure if the prices are booking class or route dependent, but either way ... too rich for my blood.
Jul 23, 2015, 2:28 pm
#14
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It's an interesting experiment and getting them some publicity. They certainly don't want to cannibalize their genuine business class revenue, what they are probably trying to do is to monetize people who might have been using miles to upgrade.
Jul 24, 2015, 12:44 pm
#15
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