Did the bid status page update? My offer page says, 'pending'.

The status page said pending until departure and then it basically said nothing. And no email. Other times I got notified at T-72 or around T-48 either way.

I just received an 'unable to upgrade' message.

Flight AC5 (YYZ-HND)
Business Class Min/Max bid $1000-2500
My bid $1750

There still appears to be one seat for sale on the AC website

Wow! I can't believe such a high bid wasn't successful.

Rather than bid, might as well call AC and find out what the cost is to change to J (Z/P etc). May be the same or perhaps less than the $1700 bid.

Be interested to see what sort of LMU you are offered if any. Though $1750 wouldn't be unheard of if you are currently Tango.

I just called AC to confirm my economy seat number and ask about a potential upgrade. It appears only one business class seat remains and according to her the flight is "almost oversold". I expect any LMU option to be quite expensive.

Been reading this thread for awhile now, I placed a bid just to try as I wouldn't mind sitting in PE instead of Economy for the AC6 flight. Bid $600 and got it, minimum bid was $480. Last I checked the cost of PE was $1900 for the flight so I wasn't expecting to get it as I only paid $550 for tango. The flight was actually pretty full which explained why LMU to Business was really high.

Bid $1505 for Business Class AC11 (YUL<->PVG). Not accepted. Looks like maybe only one seat left - still hoping for LMU option tomorrow at a reasonable price.

My $730 bid was not accepted, but on check in it offered an LMU for roughly double that, so apparently seats were available. :mad:

April 7th - AC5 YYZ-HND I bid $1,750 on Business Class and it was denied. The LMU price ended up being $5,200.

April 22nd - AC6 HND-YYZ I bid $1,750 on Business Class and it was denied. The LMU price ended up being 144,000 Yen. I was able to purchase the seat and it ended up being slightly less than my bid ($1,698/Cdn hit my credit card).

Going through this thread, but can't find my answer, so forgive me if this has already been asked. My bid was accepted from PE to J, and now my booking shows Fare Class R. I know the upgrade comes from R, but does that mean that is my new fare class now, or does it remain N? As far as I can tell, R class does not earn any mileage on United, or even with Aeroplan? What am I getting wrong here?

Points will be credited per the original booking class, N.

[MENTION=31063]M Singh[/MENTION]

Right.

As per the FAQ page on Air Canada linked in the wiki above:

What are the fare rules of the upgraded ticket?

If your upgrade request is accepted, the fare conditions for the original ticket you purchased shall remain in effect and will be applicable with respect to cancellation policies, change fees, conditions for minimum and maximum stay, and rules relating to the accrual of frequent flyer miles. All other conditions will be per the upgraded fare class.

How many miles can I earn?

Aeroplan Miles may be accrued from flights auctioned in the AC bid upgrade online auction. The basis for calculation is the original booking class of the flight segment being auctioned and not the upgraded class of service.

Here's a data point for those that care:

T-48hours -- advised that my bid was not accepted
YYZ-TLV -- bid $440 USD
PE to J
Air Canada online is showing 8 J seats available

LMU -- T-24 hours notes upgrade from PE --> J -- $1437 CDN -- no wonder my bid was rejected :)