Originally Posted by
rapidex
Absolutely no hope. BA revenue management would burn AC at the stake before they would allow that.
And nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
The usual East Coast to LHR AUP rate is around USD800 to USD1200, perhaps a bit less on a BOS service where they are really keen to move people, a bit more on a less than full DFW service. AUPs are calibrated so that they are always higher than the lowest differential possible between WTP and CW, however at the time of purchase it is possible that the AUP rate will be the most effective way into CW, for example if there isn't a Saturday night away. The entire logic here being that BA preserve overall revenue management over tactical short term monetary gain. So what happened here is that BA didn't need to create WTP space, and if they were offering CW it would be on the basis of about the same cost as the initial purchase cost. Want CW? Pay CW. Crazy it is not. Almost certainly the most cost effective route into CW would be Upgrade using Avios, where a different set of logic comes into play. Still there would have been USD 500 cash to pay on top of the Avios.
More information on AUP rates in the BA Forum Dashboard.