yyz to ICN

booking class K

bid upgrade $1050 (lowest price)

result = got the upgrade

Not bad from Tango. Hope my PE fare class has a much better offer on flight with lots of J availability.

good luck flying Christmas Eve!!!

I'm waitlisted for upgrades with eUps for AC 90 and 91, O fare waiting for positive P space. I then put in bids for upgrades. Now, both the eUps site and bid to upgrade sites are giving me errors. Is this normal, did I 'break' the fragile AC IT system by making a request under both systems?

I'm surprised they are requiring a P9 to drop the minimum bid, as they are under no obligation to accept a bid if the cabin books up.

My Europe-Canada flight is showing J9 C9 D9 Z9 P8 R0 O3 E0 N0 Y5 B5 M5 U5 H2 Q0... just before Christmas. I'm booked in PE and the lowest offer has been steady at CAD810. We're still a few weeks out, but this would seem to be the sort of flight at risk of requiring op-ups - so I'd think they'd be looking to monetize upgrades where possible.

What fare class are you attempting to bid up from?

I'm in N. I can make an offer, it just hasn't dropped per the reduced minimum offer rates mentioned several posts up.

Looking for suggestions on bidding for J or trying for a LMU and/or eupg. I have enough eupg for one way and SE status.
I am in low PE. Both flights are Y9 so pretty sure no op-ups. All flights are within the 14 day SE upg window.
YYZ-ICN. J9, C9, P9, R9. USD $925 is pretty good according to the bid page meter.
TPE-YVR J9, C9, Z8, P0, R1. USD $505 is pretty good according to the bid page meter.
So seems like the bid price is lower on TPE-YVR even though the YYZ-ICN has P9, R9 while TPE-YVR has P0, R1.
1) Should I eup the YYZ-ICN and bid for the TPE-YVR.
2) Would LMU be lower than bid ?
I have other TPAC coming up early next year so if I can not use eupg that would also work but would like to stay at USD $500 for any TPAC if possible.
EDIT : have to wait for 7 days out to upg since the 14day window is for flex fares only and not PE. Another bizzarre promo.

Bueller???

I've been eUpping the longest segment (i.e. typically the outbound) on all my TPACs this year, as I am also a PE-lowest flyer and have to manage my eUp balance carefully. If YYZ-ICN is R9 now, then it's likely to stay R-positive until T-7 and that's the segment I would upgrade.

I have never seen a TPAC LMU lower than 500$USD, so I would say not in my experience.

Also, TPE-YVR is relatively short (my last one was just under 9.5 hrs) so very survivable in PE. YMMV of course...

Thanks

I disagree - I think "Canadians" would be fine with a bidding system for upgrades to first class. However, they would want to see two things which would be unacceptable to Air Canada -

1) "No reserve" bidding. People would expect to be able to bid $20 for an upgrade on a late-evening Saturday night YVR-YYC flight, and if they're the high bidder, get the seat, no questions asked.

2) Full transparency. Like with eBay (or any other auction), losing bidders would expect to be able to see what the final product sold for. So if they bid $50 and the upgrade sold for $250 they expect to be able to see that.

TLV-YYZ AC 85 (12 hr flight)
Original Booking Class- PY 'N'
Bid: C$545
Status: Accepted

Difference between PY (Lowest) and J-cabin (Lowest) when purchased was $1800 for this flight.

$500 for 12 hours in J. That is a good deal

Nice. ^