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Old May 22, 2013 | 4:20 pm
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robbau
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Originally Posted by mad_atta
If you look just a few posts up thread you'll see this:



So it can be done, if you're lucky!
Hi mad_atta

Thanks for that.

Although likeatiger's AKL-MEL bid was successful @ $160, his MEL-AKL bid at $160 was not and this was the direction that QTFLYER was also declined on.

I do agree that luck can be a big part of it - who knows, on a lightly loaded flight QTFLYER could have set the new precedent for MEL-AKL Y > C.

It's just that $160 seemed like a low bid to me, based upon previous lowest bid of $218.

Again, the opaqueness of OneUp is befuddling.

Why don't they just set the bid meter at the lowest possible bid that has a chance of acceptance? Why allow bids that have no hope of acceptance?
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