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Old Oct 16, 2017, 3:13 pm
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Originally Posted by wuzziduzziman
In the past there used to be a pdf on their website called "Upgrade scheme AF/KL marketing flights", showing upgrade awards across fares.
Did anybody find an updated version, by any chance? I can only find the online calculator.
I suspect a PDF version won't exist, given the nature of this 'dynamic' policy.
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Old Oct 18, 2017, 7:30 am
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SIN-CDG tonight: 290 EUR + 40,000 miles from Y (V class) to J.
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Old Oct 18, 2017, 8:50 am
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Originally Posted by bodory
SIN-CDG tonight: 290 EUR + 40,000 miles from Y (V class) to J.
That’s a great deal, especially for such a long flight ! When I think about my €1580 from Y(V) to J for JFK-CDG
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Old Oct 18, 2017, 8:55 am
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Don't they typically value miles at €0.01 each for cash + miles upgrades? That would make it equivalent to €690.
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Old Oct 23, 2017, 10:27 pm
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CDG-JNB, Thursday 18Oct. My booking class was M. Got offered the following:
- Y to PE: €439 or 73.000 miles or a combination of both
- Y to J: €1229 or 112500 miles or a combinationof both.

Very expensive compared to the previously 25.000 or 32.000 from Y to J. I don't understand the new rules.
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Old Oct 23, 2017, 11:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Goldorak
That’s a great deal, especially for such a long flight ! When I think about my €1580 from Y(V) to J for JFK-CDG
The flight was empty in J. Maybe the reason.
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Old Oct 23, 2017, 11:42 pm
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Originally Posted by BA6948
CDG-JNB, Thursday 18Oct. My booking class was M. Got offered the following:
- Y to PE: €439 or 73.000 miles or a combination of both
- Y to J: €1229 or 112500 miles or a combinationof both.

Very expensive compared to the previously 25.000 or 32.000 from Y to J. I don't understand the new rules.
That's insane, really.
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Old Oct 24, 2017, 12:15 am
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Originally Posted by bodory
The flight was empty in J. Maybe the reason.
as per the new rules (dynamic pricing), that would correspond rather to the opposite: the less seats available for upgrade, the more expensive it is.
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Old Oct 24, 2017, 2:31 am
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Originally Posted by Goldorak
as per the new rules (dynamic pricing), that would correspond rather to the opposite: the less seats available for upgrade, the more expensive it is.


If the J cabin was empty, wouldn't that mean precisely that many seats were available for upgrade, hence the low price?
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Old Oct 24, 2017, 12:16 pm
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Originally Posted by bodory

If the J cabin was empty, wouldn't that mean precisely that many seats were available for upgrade, hence the low price?
So you think that 1580 euros was a low price for a paid upgrade from Y to J on a short sector like JFK-CDG ?
And J was not empty. When disembarking, I crossed the entire J cabin and based on what I saw (pillow, duvet, trash items left at each seat), I would say that 95% of J was occupied (A380).
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Old Oct 24, 2017, 8:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Goldorak
So you think that 1580 euros was a low price for a paid upgrade from Y to J on a short sector like JFK-CDG ?
And J was not empty. When disembarking, I crossed the entire J cabin and based on what I saw (pillow, duvet, trash items left at each seat), I would say that 95% of J was occupied (A380).
think what bodory was refering to when he said "was empty in J" was his flight "SIN-CDG tonight: 290 EUR + 40,000 miles from Y (V class) to J." , thus the great deal as you mentioned, and not your JFK-CDG flight.
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Old Oct 24, 2017, 8:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Goldorak
So you think that 1580 euros was a low price for a paid upgrade from Y to J on a short sector like JFK-CDG ?
And J was not empty. When disembarking, I crossed the entire J cabin and based on what I saw (pillow, duvet, trash items left at each seat), I would say that 95% of J was occupied (A380).
I was referring to the SIN-CDG flight.


Sorry for being unclear.

Originally Posted by natcin
think what bodory was refering to when he said "was empty in J" was his flight "SIN-CDG tonight: 290 EUR + 40,000 miles from Y (V class) to J." , thus the great deal as you mentioned, and not your JFK-CDG flight.
Exactly
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Old Oct 25, 2017, 12:26 am
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Originally Posted by natcin
think what bodory was refering to when he said "was empty in J" was his flight "SIN-CDG tonight: 290 EUR + 40,000 miles from Y (V class) to J." , thus the great deal as you mentioned, and not your JFK-CDG flight.
Originally Posted by bodory
I was referring to the SIN-CDG flight.


Sorry for being unclear.



Exactly
ahhhh OK
sorry about that too. Everything is clear now. ^
[MENTION=67190]bodory[/MENTION] : yes your flight had likely a low load in J
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Old Oct 25, 2017, 4:15 am
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Hi,

last year :

CDG-MIA Y(H) to J : 150€ + 25,000 miles
A friend had a Prime ticket (Y) for the same route, it was 540€ to upgrade her to J

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Old Oct 25, 2017, 11:01 pm
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I received an offer for jfk- CDG for $2000. I don’t have expert flyer so I don’t know availability.
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