Originally Posted by ehchan

Just a data point for you here. On a 1/1/20 NAN-LAX flight on the new A350 I bid US$1050 for 4 seats, 2 adults 2 children. The bids were not accepted. I had been checking ExpertFlyer the day before and day of and saw 8 J seats available so we arrived early for the flight and asked about paid upgrades at the checkin counter, and they offered FJ$8620 (FJ$2500/adult, FJ$1810/child) which converted to US$4013. So we came out very much ahead by asking at the counter rather than Bula Bid.