Originally Posted by
thefilipinotraveler
I flew from Manila to Hong Kong last Monday and a few weeks before the flight, I saw offers to bid for upgrade from economy to premium economy, lowest being 80USD and highest bid being 260USD. I did not bid since I thought it was not worth it for a short flight. During the flight, I saw that there were only a few seats taken in PE and they also got the same food as in economy.
Interesting... CX has a habit of op-upping their elites on this route very often.