HKG-YVR Success
 

Success with $600 USD PE TO BSNS for wife and I HKG to YVR 10/2. Both PE and BSNS still only half full.

YVR-YYZ from Comfort(G)
J Offered $500-$1050 or buy now $900
PY offered $220-$700 or buy now $630

Thanks, but no thanks. I'll wait for the upgrade to clear.

No the best comparison as I'm on a two segment itinerary.
At the moment fares for this segment only... Comfort $589, PY $1096, J $1943.

lol... why would they offer a bid range that goes above the 'buy now' price?

Ill informed or desperate pax?

Put in my ebid for 900/pax for LHR-YVR Jan05
Currently in PY, fare O

J was 2000 more than PY, so may increase my ebid up to 1200 or so based on likelihood of getting it

YYZ-ICN min bid over $1000. If I remember correctly the 'good' bid was like $1400 plus. Flight went out with at least 10 J seats empty. I eupg instead since the bids were too expensive.

Duplicate

Maybe the guaranteed upg goes away after a couple of people take it and then defaults back to the range . Which is why they just left the range in. Also to show the guaranteed upg is cheaper than what could be a higher bid later. Avoids the perception of paying the max for a guaranteed upg as that would mean people would probably gamble instead of taking the guaranteed upg by paying the max of the range.

Since the bid upgrade is run by plusgrade, I suspect the range is set and submitted by AC and is fixed.
Must you even ask that about option 2 :-).
To some people, being able to get a guaranteed saving and a confirmed upg over the max bid might sound like a deal. FOTSG kind.

I've given up. We bid the max both ways on the AC 33/34 from YYZ to SYD. (2 grand from memory). Didn't win either way. Initially the O/B was accepted and we had a warning from VISA (other CCs are available) of a large transaction followed by a second email 30 mins later stating the charge was cancelled.
of course, it goes without saying there were several seats free in both directions. We were in PE and so slummed it, just off the plane more tired, less hungover, more hungry, more stiff etc though the 10 across in Y for a 15 hour flight looked brutal.
Do the third party company take status into account? I've tried for Denver, Halifax and also nowt. I guess the upgrade now feature provides certainty! That said, I skip the upgrade now from YOW to YYZ for a 40 min flight with a (cold) continental breakfast and no booze for $160 on an E190.
I guess my only complaint is the entire process is not transparent, and is a lottery and so the winning formula - if there is one (and it's not random) remains a mystery

I'm not saying it's worth $160, but there is booze on YOW-YYZ.

Success YUL - MCO Rouge flight
Bought a ticket on points in Y, paid for preferred exit row seat.
Bid the lowest, $205 CAD, highest options was $700.
Got an email this morning accepting it, this is three days out from flight.
Preferred seat fee also refunded.

Considering I get lounge access, food and drinks, two free checked bags and zone 2. I would say this is a win.

That's about $70/hr (I'm guessing), so a pretty good deal by most standards.