Originally Posted by
TheRaiden94
I did a quick flight from LIS -> Porto and did a bid for 40€ for the upgrade. I haven't had any luck with long haul flights as I usually travel a lot to Brasil.... It's quite expensive...
Any tips for when you book economy and wanna jump to executive on long flights?
As mentioned by others in this thread, there are many factors at play (route type (ie business/leisure heavy), cabin load, etc).
It also depends on your budget and how much you are willing to pay for/value the upgrade (I also take into consideration how much I already paid for the original Y ticket). I always bid as low as possible (just 10-20 EUR or so above minimum bid) and accept Y if I do not get upgraded.
For reference, in May 2023, I flew BER-LIS-SSA. The LIS-SSA segment I got plusgrade bids from Y to C accepted for around 500 EUR. On the return leg, 430 EUR was enough to be upgraded. On both cases the bidding scale of plusgrade would go up to around 1500 EUR.