Any reason to increase oneup?
Apr 27, 2017, 8:45 pm
#16
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: AKL, WLG
Programs: Air New Zealand Gold
Posts: 16
OK, this is great to know. Just about to book flights to and from Tokyo and have booked the better half up the front (work pays) and me down the back (I pay). Was planning on using RUs to hopefully join her but this sounds like a more reliable method.
Apr 27, 2017, 10:07 pm
#17
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ Elite, QF Platinum (LTS), VA Platinum
Posts: 1,672
I'm not too fussed what other people get up to but that NZ meet thread is pretty dead compared to some other airlines forums.
Apr 28, 2017, 12:04 am
#18
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: NZ
Programs: NZ*E, Global Entry
Posts: 300
The only reason you should ever put in for a One-Up is if you have no other upgrade path at your disposal.
However, and now we're veering off-topic as this thread is about increasing One-Up bids, if your better half is Elite, then yes, you should be on her gifting register, and she should apply for an E-APD on your behalf. This is a slam-dunk if you're traveling together as in that case, your E-APD will be evaluated at her Elite status instead of your Silver (per your profile). If you were traveling alone, she could lodge an E-APD for you, but it'd be evaluated at your Silver level, which is pretty low on the totem pole.
Apr 28, 2017, 3:05 am
#19
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: NZ*Elite *G, QF*G, SPG*Platinum, Accor*Platinum, Hilton*Gold
Posts: 1,006
I still find it amusing this is all a purely luck and even less than a lottery as the odds are not even known - such situations make it non zero sum given the imperfect information and possible coercions
Apr 29, 2017, 2:56 am
#20
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: AKL, WLG
Programs: Air New Zealand Gold
Posts: 16
Mmm, sounds like you might be getting the upgrade methods confused as you said you were planning on using RUs. E-APD and RU get evaluated way above One-Ups, and they're either roughly or exactly equivalent to each other in terms of priority.
The only reason you should ever put in for a One-Up is if you have no other upgrade path at your disposal.
However, and now we're veering off-topic as this thread is about increasing One-Up bids, if your better half is Elite, then yes, you should be on her gifting register, and she should apply for an E-APD on your behalf. This is a slam-dunk if you're traveling together as in that case, your E-APD will be evaluated at her Elite status instead of your Silver (per your profile). If you were traveling alone, she could lodge an E-APD for you, but it'd be evaluated at your Silver level, which is pretty low on the totem pole.
The only reason you should ever put in for a One-Up is if you have no other upgrade path at your disposal.
However, and now we're veering off-topic as this thread is about increasing One-Up bids, if your better half is Elite, then yes, you should be on her gifting register, and she should apply for an E-APD on your behalf. This is a slam-dunk if you're traveling together as in that case, your E-APD will be evaluated at her Elite status instead of your Silver (per your profile). If you were traveling alone, she could lodge an E-APD for you, but it'd be evaluated at your Silver level, which is pretty low on the totem pole.
Apr 29, 2017, 8:49 am
#21
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 22
I got one of those "We are reviewing flight upgrade requests and noticed you have made a low offer for your flight..." OneUp emails for SFO-AKL. Does anyone have any data on what the best move is here?
I *didn't* get one of these emails for an AKL-IAH flight where I had made a higher offer that didn't clear, which may or may not mean anything.
On a quick look at the seat map (just looking as if I were buying a new ticket) there are 37 open Y seats, 9 in PE and 6 in J.
I *didn't* get one of these emails for an AKL-IAH flight where I had made a higher offer that didn't clear, which may or may not mean anything.
On a quick look at the seat map (just looking as if I were buying a new ticket) there are 37 open Y seats, 9 in PE and 6 in J.
Received the email asking to increase and ignored.
Upgrade cleared roughly four days prior.
Apr 29, 2017, 3:24 pm
#22
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: Air New Zealand Airpoints-Silver and Koru
Posts: 31
Can you please explain how you get to see the whole seat map-each class? I can only ever see the class I am booked in. This is unlike on Virgin Atlantic where I can see a map of each class, not just the one I'm booked on. Many thanks.
Apr 29, 2017, 5:03 pm
#23
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: New Zealand
Programs: NZ Elite, QF Platinum (LTS), VA Platinum
Posts: 1,672
If you're in Y you can check PE and BP seating by just selecting that fare to see the seat maps.
Apr 29, 2017, 5:08 pm
#24
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: WLG/BKK
Programs: TG*G, NZ*GE, QF G, Accor Gold
Posts: 10,180
There are a few methods:
You can make a dummy booking on Air NZ and note the seats available (in each class) - but this depends on status as not all seats are available are visible. In any case some who have booked may not have selected a seat.
Some 3rd party travel websites offer a 'view the cabin' option which queries the seat map.
A subscription to a tool such as KVS or ExpertFlyer allows querying of loads (for numbers) and seat maps.
You can make a dummy booking on Air NZ and note the seats available (in each class) - but this depends on status as not all seats are available are visible. In any case some who have booked may not have selected a seat.
Some 3rd party travel websites offer a 'view the cabin' option which queries the seat map.
A subscription to a tool such as KVS or ExpertFlyer allows querying of loads (for numbers) and seat maps.
Apr 30, 2017, 5:42 pm
#26
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Auckland NZ
Programs: NZ Gold Elite, AS, AC, QF
Posts: 748
On my recent trip AKL RAR AKL I put in low-ball Y-->PE bids for two of us on each flight. Got both the "dude that's a low bid" emails and didn't change bids. Outbound we were told a few hours before departure there would be no upgrade; inbound our upgrade was confirmed the morning of departure,