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Oct 17, 2018 | 6:27 am

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mad_atta

Join Date: Mar 2001

Location: SYD

Programs: Mid-tiers with no tears: OZ*G, AC*G, NZ*S, VA Silver, QF Gold, HH Gold, Bonvoy Gold

Posts: 5,434

I realise that OneUps come below all the other upgrade requests, but within the hierarchy of OneUp requests where do gifted OneUps from status members sit?

Since I am (briefly

) a NZ*G, I know that if I make a OneUp bid on my own itinerary, the bid will be upweighted by 30%. However what if I use my APD to gift a OneUp to someone (with no status) on my gifting register - does that get upweighted, or treated the same as if they had bid themselves? And what if I use cash rather than APD?

I'm planning to use a shorthaul RU for an upcoming flight, but for my partner (no status, different booking, same flight) am wondering whether it makes any difference to log in as me and gift the upgrade...

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