Originally Posted by
Cerebrito
I've just been offered a POAG for £89 on the boxing day MAD-LCY flight. Mrs C and Little Miss C are all traveling on the same flight, but under a different PNR, and they are not being offered anything. We haven't added the API for Little Miss C yet as we are about to renew her passport. Could that be why the POAG isn't offered on the other PNR, or is it just down to luck?
I think it is luck/random. My impression is that some passengers, who would be entitled to a POUG have it blocked off on certain sectors, to prevent it from being too predictable. I had one flight where I was not offered a POUG, on what looked to me to be any empty service, which for unrelated reasons I then moved the flight to the next day. This second flight got cancelled, and I asked to be put back to the first flight. This was done under a different PNR due to other people travelling with me, and lo and behold I was offered a POUG on the same service that was denied to me just a few hours earlier. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not. On the other hand, with a big list of ET flights on my rota, I've got POUGs on offer for all but one service.