Originally Posted by
FlyingMoose
First experience with PlusGrade today. Placed a bid on Saturday for my wife's itinerary and just got a confirmation email that she was upgraded from Plus to Business. We bid 255EUR, 10EUR above the minimum and the equivalent of what we would have paid OT. It was labeled a "low chance" bid by PG though it still went through.
I hope the bid range is not manipulated and that people continue to place low bids to slide the scale down. The upper bid limit was well beyond the fare difference when booking.
The bid range is definitely manipulated. Did a bid on DUS-CPH on the weekend where the CRJ's was grounded. Bid minimum = Eur55. The bid was rated low chance, but was accepted. When I checked about 1 hour before the flight was canceled it was still less than 1/3 of the PLUS seats which were taken.
The fare difference between Eco saver and Plus saver when I booked the trip was around Eur60.