Successful/unsuccessful oneup bids
#1186
Join Date: Feb 2007
Programs: NZ Koru
Posts: 6,405
Anyone else had issues submitting an OneUp bid for an replacement flight due an 789 related flight cancelation? I've got an NZ89 that wont allow you to submit an OneUp, the NZ87 I was mean to be on got canceled yesterday.
#1187
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,055
As it's a standalone 3rd party platform aircraft changes can take time to update - sometimes they simply never do.
#1188
Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: Air NZ Airpoints silver, Koru member
Posts: 24
My husband and I are heading to BNE next week on separate tickets. His bid (no status upweight) has been accepted, however I'm yet to hear about my bid (Koru + silver).
NZ135 AKL-BNE
26 JUL 2018
Y -> PE
Husband:
Offered NZD $170 (no status upweight)
Accepted 5 days before departure
Me:
Y -> PE
Offered APD $160 (+ Silver upweight)
Still waiting to hear. **Edited to say: accepted 3 days prior to departure.
NZ135 AKL-BNE
26 JUL 2018
Y -> PE
Husband:
Offered NZD $170 (no status upweight)
Accepted 5 days before departure
Me:
Y -> PE
Offered APD $160 (+ Silver upweight)
Still waiting to hear. **Edited to say: accepted 3 days prior to departure.
Last edited by chocfish; Jul 23, 2018 at 2:58 am
#1189
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Auckland NZ
Programs: NZ*E
Posts: 105
My husband and I are heading to BNE next week on separate tickets. His bid (no status upweight) has been accepted, however I'm yet to hear about my bid (Koru + silver).
NZ135 AKL-BNE
26 JUL 2018
Y -> PE
Husband:
Offered NZD $170 (no status upweight)
Accepted 5 days before departure
Me:
Y -> PE
Offered APD $160 (+ Silver upweight)
Still waiting to hear.
NZ135 AKL-BNE
26 JUL 2018
Y -> PE
Husband:
Offered NZD $170 (no status upweight)
Accepted 5 days before departure
Me:
Y -> PE
Offered APD $160 (+ Silver upweight)
Still waiting to hear.
#1190
Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: Air NZ Airpoints silver, Koru member
Posts: 24
Edited to add: my bid was accepted three days out.
Last edited by chocfish; Jul 23, 2018 at 12:20 am
#1191
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Portland, OR USA
Programs: BA Silver, Icelandair, IHG Diamond Elite Ambassador, Hertz 5*
Posts: 610
4 flying SFO-AKL in PE in a couple weeks, so we submitted a US$515 each to upgrade to PB - any ideas if this will even be considered? (It is an extra $2060 in revenue though and Mrs Skyline said it would then free up 4 PE seats for oneup bids ! )
#1192
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,332
Given folks have missed out on higher bids I'd suggest not getting your hopes up too much... then again others have succeeded with similar bids so you never know...It all depends on loadings for YOUR flight... (Of course FOUR is a tough call... are they all on the same booking?)
#1194
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Portland, OR USA
Programs: BA Silver, Icelandair, IHG Diamond Elite Ambassador, Hertz 5*
Posts: 610
Given folks have missed out on higher bids I'd suggest not getting your hopes up too much... then again others have succeeded with similar bids so you never know...It all depends on loadings for YOUR flight... (Of course FOUR is a tough call... are they all on the same booking?)
#1196
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: SYD
Programs: OZ*G, VA Plat, NZ*G (Elite), QF Gold and PC+, Hyatt Explorist, HH Gold, Bonvoyed ("Gold")
Posts: 5,342
SYD-AKL NZ108
2 August 2018
Seat-only fare, no NZ status (VA Gold)
Y > PE $105 AUD
Confirmed 5 days out
My bid was AUD $10 higher than the minimum bid of $95 - probably unnecessary in this instance as there are still 7+ seats empty. However on a seat-only fare like mine, I think this represents great value. It would have cost A$40 to upgrade to Works from Seat only (which I would have done, had this failed, since its a dinnertime flight and I'll be coming straight from the office so won't really have time to eat beforehand), so the additional cost for the vastly improved comfort and catering of PE is only $65.
I also just realised that this is preserving my 100% record of never having flown Y on an NZ 772 or 773. The temptation to upgrade is clearly always too much for me to resist...
2 August 2018
Seat-only fare, no NZ status (VA Gold)
Y > PE $105 AUD
Confirmed 5 days out
My bid was AUD $10 higher than the minimum bid of $95 - probably unnecessary in this instance as there are still 7+ seats empty. However on a seat-only fare like mine, I think this represents great value. It would have cost A$40 to upgrade to Works from Seat only (which I would have done, had this failed, since its a dinnertime flight and I'll be coming straight from the office so won't really have time to eat beforehand), so the additional cost for the vastly improved comfort and catering of PE is only $65.
I also just realised that this is preserving my 100% record of never having flown Y on an NZ 772 or 773. The temptation to upgrade is clearly always too much for me to resist...
Last edited by mad_atta; Jul 28, 2018 at 6:42 pm
#1199
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: NZ
Programs: NZ Elite
Posts: 188
I used this thread info to assess successful bids so thought I'd share back how I got on a few months back -
NZ52 AKL-NAN
6 June 18
Y -> PE (2 pax)
Offered $130 APD (Jade Status, so no uplift)
Accepted 5 days before departure
NZ53 NAN-AKL
11 June 18
Y -> PE (2 pax)
Offered $120 cash (Jade Status, so no uplift)
Accepted 5 days before departure
Was still plenty of empty seats in PE both ways, aircraft changes from 787 to 777-200 (ex AKL) & 777-300 (ex NAN)
NZ52 AKL-NAN
6 June 18
Y -> PE (2 pax)
Offered $130 APD (Jade Status, so no uplift)
Accepted 5 days before departure
NZ53 NAN-AKL
11 June 18
Y -> PE (2 pax)
Offered $120 cash (Jade Status, so no uplift)
Accepted 5 days before departure
Was still plenty of empty seats in PE both ways, aircraft changes from 787 to 777-200 (ex AKL) & 777-300 (ex NAN)
#1200
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Portland, OR USA
Programs: BA Silver, Icelandair, IHG Diamond Elite Ambassador, Hertz 5*
Posts: 610
Well - with only 9 hours to go before flight NZ7 SFO-AKL, we received an email - Congratulations! Your OneUp™ offer has been accepted
Pretty chuffed on 4 PE to Business Premier @ US$535 each - really looking forward to the flight now
Pretty chuffed on 4 PE to Business Premier @ US$535 each - really looking forward to the flight now
Last edited by Skyline; Aug 11, 2018 at 8:50 pm Reason: Not flying to AUK!