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Successful/unsuccessful RU/elite APD upgrades
I thought it would be helpful to separate the RUs and elite APD upgrades from the one ups as it's easier to see the value of status and success rate of RUs. Ultimately the success of RUs and one up clearance is related to paying passenger loads which is a challenging assessment. Anyway I've copy pasted some results from the other thread - mainly kiwicyclo.
Personal experience. All of my RUs have cleared to IAH, LAX, PER, SIN. PE-->J with gold and elite. I didn't realise Silver expired when moving to Gold so lost that one. Had 1 or 2 RU / elite APD upgrades declined PER-AKL PE --> J. Partners silver RU cleared PE --> J to SIN but I was flying with him. I gifted RUs to relative AKL-PER return Y - PE accepted. I've only used elite APD RAR and Aussie but cleared Y --> PE. Short haul RUs accepted first time around to Aussie and RAR with one gifted. 10/2/2018 AKL-LAX NZ2 PE -> BP $1000 (with Gold Elite uplift) "OneUp Upgrade Registered" 75 hrs 35 minutes out :-P 13/2/2018 LAX - AKL NZ5 RU (With Gold Elite Status) "Upgrade Pending" – Declined 24/2/2018 BNE- AKL NZ136 PE-BP Short Haul Recognition Upgrade Accepted at time of submission 02/03/2018 AKL-LAX NZ6 Economy to PE (2 PAX) 2 x $240 Elite A$ Upgrades Accepted at time of submission 8/3/2018 LAX - AKL NZ1 Economy to PE (2 Pax) 2 x $240 Elite A$ Upgrades Accepted at time of submission 23/4/2018 AKL - LAX PE - BP 1 x $480 Elite A$ Upgrade Through call centre "Upgrade granted at Check In" 13/5/2018 IAH-AKL PE - BP 1 x $480 Elite A$ Upgrades "Upgrade Pending" as no award seats released as yet If people could follow a similar format Date: Would be useful Route: Class upgrade: Y - PE, PE - J, Y - J Type of upgrade: RU / elite APD upgrade Status: Personally I'm thinking Y - PE has the better chance of clearing however the consequences of not clearing may not be so appealing. |
I've only had one declined and that was a packed school holidays flight SFO->AKL in 2015. Was silver.
Date: Wed 6 Jan 2016 Route: AKL-> RAR Class upgrade: Y - J Type of upgrade: RU Status: Silver Cleared 5 Days out. Date: Sat 9 Jan 2016 Route: RAR -> AKL Class upgrade: Y - J Type of upgrade: RU Status: Silver - Bonus upgrade Westpac CC Cleared 5 Days out. Partner upgraded to PE on return in lounge due to overbooking Y, Arrived Sunday - Last day of school holidays. Date: Wed 18 January 2017 Route: AKL-> SIN Class upgrade: PE - J Type of upgrade: RU Status: Gold Cleared at checkin, along with gifted elite RU to partner, 1 spare seat in J. SIN flight - surprised when cleared Date: Friday 10 Feb 2017 Route: HKG -> AKL Class upgrade: PE - J Type of upgrade: RU Status: Gold Cleared at checkin, along with gifted elite RU to partner, J cabin full. Friday night flight - surprised when it cleared. Date: Sat 1 Jul 2017 Route: AKL -> PER Class upgrade: PE - J Type of upgrade: RU Status: Gold Cleared 8 Days out. Date: Sat 8 Jul 2017 Route: PER-> AKL Class upgrade: PE - J Type of upgrade: RU Status: Gold Cleared 8 Days out. Date: Mon 18 December 2017 Route: AKL -> HNL Class upgrade: PE - J Type of upgrade: RU x2 Status: Elite Cleared online instantly. Date: Tue 26 December 2017 Route: HNL -> AKL Class upgrade: Y -> PE Type of upgrade: APD180 x2 Status: Elite Rung call centre to confirm availability. Told available, put through while on phone and did not clear. Agent read wrong date, had supervisor manually put through. Date: Sun 18 November 2018 Route: AKL-> HND Class upgrade: PE -> J Type of upgrade: APD480 x2 Status: Elite Rung call centre to confirm availability. Told 1 available, put through while on phone and both cleared instantly. Date: Sat 8 December 2018 Route: SIN -> AKL Class upgrade: PE -> J Type of upgrade: APD480 x2 Status: Elite Already been told no R available. Lodged online. Upgrade Pending. |
Date: March 2017
Route: AKL-LAX Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Silver Upgrade confirmed at check-in close Date: March 2017 Route: LAX-AKL Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Silver Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: April 2017 Route: AKL-NRT Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Silver Upgrade confirmed at check-in Date: April 2017 Route: NRT-AKL Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Silver Declined Date: June 2017 Route: AKL-MEL Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: June 2017 Route: MEL-AKL Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: November 2017 Route: AKL-MEL Class upgrade: Y - BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: November 2017 Route: MEL-AKL Class upgrade: Y - BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: March 2018 Route: AKL-SFO Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at time of booking Date: April 2018 Route: SFO-AKL Class upgrade: Y - BP Type of upgrade: RUx2 Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at time of booking Date: June 2018 Route: MEL-AKL Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at time of booking Date: July 2018 Route: APW-AKL Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at time of booking |
Date: June 2017
Route: AKL-LAX Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Silver Declined Date: June 2017 Route: AKL LAX Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed 14 days out Date: nov 17 Route: AKL-SFO Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: nov 2017 Route: SFOAKL Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed at check in at SFO Date: Aug 18 Route:AKL-IAH Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at booking Date: Aug 18 Route:IAH AKL Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at booking Date: Sept18 Route:AKL-LAx-LHR Class upgrade: PE-BP (both legs Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at booking Date: Sept18 Route:LHR-LAX-AKL Class upgrade: y-J for LAX AKL and Y-PE LHR-LAX Type of upgrade: Elite APD and RU double stacked Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at booking Of note the two trips booked as Elite I called up and R class was wide open the whole month give or take. Out both times Friday night and back Sat night fr Monday am arrival. I was prepped to be flexi ish but didn't need to be. I could have gone Nz1-1 or NZ1/5 and 6/2 or 2-2 with r class available. I Biddled it. NZ butterfly why a $1000 one up when EAPD would have been cheaper and worked? |
Originally Posted by NZ_Flyer
(Post 29736568)
Date: March 2017
Route: AKL-LAX Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Silver Upgrade confirmed at check-in close Date: March 2017 Route: LAX-AKL Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Silver Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: April 2017 Route: AKL-NRT Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Silver Upgrade confirmed at check-in Date: April 2017 Route: NRT-AKL Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Silver Declined Date: June 2017 Route: AKL-MEL Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: June 2017 Route: MEL-AKL Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: Elite APD (gifted) Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: November 2017 Route: AKL-MEL Class upgrade: Y - BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: November 2017 Route: MEL-AKL Class upgrade: Y - BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Gold Upgrade confirmed 7 days out Date: March 2018 Route: AKL-SFO Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at time of booking Date: April 2018 Route: SFO-AKL Class upgrade: Y - BP Type of upgrade: RUx2 Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at time of booking Date: June 2018 Route: MEL-AKL Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at time of booking Date: July 2018 Route: AKL-APW Class upgrade: Y - BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Elite Upgrade pending Date: July 2018 Route: APW-AKL Class upgrade: Y - PE Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at time of booking |
Originally Posted by Hector99
(Post 29736605)
Date: June 2017
NZ butterfly why a $1000 one up when EAPD would have been cheaper and worked? My first thought with that first $1000 post was maybe it was for 2 people but it certainly does look like it's for one. PE can go for $1200 on that route on sale whereas J, I don't think I've seen it down to $2200, or < 3k. I guess that's more of a one up but paying $500 cash with the 50% elite uplift to make it up to $1000 would still have been reasonable value. The elite APD upgrade would have been 480 on that route so they only bid $20 more so not a huge difference between one up and elite APD upgrade. Maybe they didn't have enough APD at the time? They certainly didn't lose out or spend too much actual cash. |
Originally Posted by Beano
(Post 29736763)
never tried for a upgrade while a "jade" ?
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I don't have the recall to give the details as some of you have above. But since 2010 I have been Silver, Gold and Elite. I've applied RU's to legs to and from HKG, LHR, LAX, IAH, SFO, RAR, and PVG. Most of these have been from Y -> PE with a couple of stacked RUs to go Y -> J. Not once have I ever had a RU declined. Where possible I have tried to pick flights to North America based on approximate number of available seats according to a dummy booking (very rough I know). For example toggling between NZ5/6 and 1/2 or choosing between LAX and SFO to get to the US. So my experiences agree with those above in terms of success rate.
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Originally Posted by dgnz
(Post 29732879)
Date: Sat 8 December 2018
Route: SIN -> AKL Class upgrade: PE -> J Type of upgrade: APD480 x2 Status: Elite Already been told no R available. Lodged online. Upgrade Pending. |
Date: Sun 6 May 2018 Route: AKL -> SFO Class upgrade: PE -> J Type of upgrade: Recognition upgrade Status: Elite Result: Unsuccessful Date: Thu 17 May 2018 Route: SFO -> AKL Class upgrade: PE -> J Type of upgrade: Elite APD upgrade Status: Elite Result: Unsuccessful - was supposedly 1st in que for J upgrade. |
Date: Oct 2013
Route: AKL-HKG Class upgrade: Y-(PE)-BP ie double class upgrade Type of upgrade: 2x Elite APD (gifted) Status: Jade Upgrade noticed when checking set allocation about 5 hours prior to departure whilst loafing in WLG lounge. WLG lounge staff confirmed the upgrade and re-issued BP Date: Jan 2018 Route: HND-AKL Class upgrade: PE-BP (TK and Mrs TK) Type of upgrade: 2x Elite APD (gifted) Status: Jade (TK and Mrs TK) Upgrades at the gate (noticed seat allocation change about 90 mins prior to boarding when loafing in the ANA lounge) |
Just my last year detailed here - over the past 5+ years as an Elite I've only ever had a couple of upgrades not clear, both PE-BP, one AKL-LAX (RU) and the other AKL-HKG (Elite APD) a couple of months ago. I'm pretty sure that I've got a 100% success rate on Y-PE upgrades, both RU & APD, including one coming back from a family holiday CNS-AKL a couple of years ago for 5 pax Y-PE via a very cheeky (low) One-Up bid!
Date: June 2017 Route: PVG-AKL Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at time of booking (1 month out) Date: Oct 2017 Route: HKG-AKL Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at check-in Date: Nov 2017 Route: AKL-HKG Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at time of booking (2 weeks out) Date: Nov 2017 Route: AKL-HKG Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: RU Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at 7 days out Date: Apr 2018 Route: AKL-HKG Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade failed to clear - flight apparently oversold - APDs returned to a/c 48 hours after departure Date: Apr 2018 Route: HKG-AKL Class upgrade: PE-BP Type of upgrade: Elite APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed at 7 days out |
Date - 26/6/2018
Route -AKL - SFO - OHR (AKL - SFO - NZ8) Class upgrade: PE -BP Type of upgrade: APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed: time of request "upgrade confirmed" Date: 30/6/2018 Route: OHR - SFO - AKL (SFO - AKL - NZ7) Class upgrade: PE - BP Type of upgrade: APD Status: Elite Upgrade confirmed: time of request " upgrade confirmed" |
Date: 19 May 2018
Route: AKL-SIN (NZ282) Class upgrade: Y-PE Type of upgrade: RU Status: Silver Upgrade failed to clear. It was pending after OLCI, and declined when I checked upon arrival at AKL International Koru Lounge. Flight very full. RU re-credited to my account on 23 May. Date: 29 May 2018 Route: HKG-AKL (NZ80) Class upgrade: Y-PE Type of upgrade: RU Status: Silver Upgrade confirmed immediately after OLCI (23 hours before flight). Only 8 people in PE out of 40 seats. |
Date: 27 May 2018
Route: AKL-NRT (NZ99) Class upgrade: Y-J Type of upgrade: 2xRU Status: Gold Confirmed unceremoniously at T-7ish |
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