Thanks, I will go that route.

Just out of curiosity, what does all the Letter codes mean?

J to P are all business class from highest to lowest price. R is upgrade availability. E and N are premium economy. Y and B are full fare economy and the rest are discount economy

Thanks.

So I decided to go the instant upgrade route for my flight out Sunday for $700. Select instant upgrade, enter my cc details, never received a confirmation yesterday... check back in today on the status and now it says that status: upgrade unavailable $700.00 CAD per passenger. I thought the whole point of the instant upgrade was you agree to that amount and you get the seat? not sure what, if any, options I have now to upgrade

https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/...questions.html

Q: How will I know that my Instant Upgrade has been accepted?
A: If you requested an Instant Upgrade, we will notify you by email within a couple of hours of your request as to whether it has been accepted.

Sounds like AC's definition of "Instant" is a bit different than most would expect.

I know, it's a bit lame, IMHO.

Well, same with AC's definition of "it works". :D

AC will get you somewhat safely from A to B in 99.9% of cases. Maybe 99.99% or higher.

In comfort, the paid for seat or even cabin, on the expected plane type, via booked route or even airline and on time are not guaranteed.

AC Tickets on 016 Stock
 

Last week I booked my parents an ward ticket from LHR to YYZ on AC in Y with the ticket being issued on 016 stock. The ticket itself lists AC flight numbers (and not UA codeshare flight numbers). As per the FAQ provided in this thread, I should be able to take part in the bid upgrade program to have them hopefully upgraded to J. However, when I enter their AC PNR and last name into the bid upgrade site I'm told the flight does not qualify. Could someone tell me if LHR > YYZ is a route that is eligible for bid upgrade and/or why I couldn't upgrade in the first place? The flight is scheduled to depart on the 25th of January, 2020.

I also booked an érrorPlan reward YZR > YSJ > YXY > YZR with AC and could bid upgrade on J eligible flights no problem. I know the FAQ says accrual would be per the original fare basis (i.e. X which earns 0 PQP on UA) but was curious if anyone ever got lucky with the ticket re-faring into a favourable fare for milage accrual.

Safe Travels,

James

Hi


Booked on PE fare yvr-tpe (N fare) on 17th Nov have a bid (scale indicates a "fair chance") and eupgrade request


Anyone have any experience on which will be given priority


Am I better of to cancel my eupgrade request (currently waitlisted) and let bid run its course (understand confirmation or no go is informed at +/-50 hours before flight) and then eupgrade request T-48 if bid upgrade is refused

I am SE and million miler

TIA

AC17 is J3, P1. I think your bid may clear. How much is your fair bid ? My bid cleared at just over $600 if i remember but it was J7.
If you bid is reasonably low, then let it 'win'. If it defaults to eupg, your MM status should win and eupg will clear at the gate.

thanks
bid 640
any input on a return on the 20th tpe-yvr same situation
should I cancel eupgrade request just to be sure eupgrade not used (27....)

Results from ExpertFlyer.com

Flight Availability Search
Departing TPE on 11/20/19 0:00 for YVR
Flying AC
Direct/Non-Stop Only
Exclude Codeshares


Frequency
Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes
0 Connections
AC 18 0 TPE YVR 789 Su,M,T,W,Sa J3 C0 D0 Z0 P0 R0 O2 E2 N0 Y9 B9 M9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 G9 S9 T9 L0 A0 K0
11/20/19 18:00 11/20/19 12:25 87% / 20m

I am looking to bid on AC 17 on Nov 22 (YVR-TPE).

I see P2 on EF, but AC claims that it is actually P0 ... I checked the direct flight AND I checked with my connection from YOW (ie married segment)

I see :
YVR-TPE = P2
YOW-YVR-TPE P0

But AC says both options above are P0.

Anyone else see this discrepancy with EF?

Thanks