xian01

€355 accepted for JFK-FCO this week. Two tickets

AirCub1

The best thing about the upgrade for me from London Heathrow to Rome on Sunday was the use of the Etihad first and business class lounge at terminal four. Frankly the service, and food aboard the flight from London to Rome was awful. Sloppy ravioli which tasted like it had been reheated about three times, with the wilted green leaf salad and a chocolate mousse which had clearly seen better days. God knows who would pay for this crap at full fare prices. Thank God I had had an à la cart meal which was excellent in the EY lounge!

jmj10

Husband and I just bid from economy to premium for 175 a ticket, BOS-FCO. Pretty happy considering we paid 475 for the entire roundtrip.

WhisperjetYYZ

Was this in Euros or USD ?
And was the amount you mentioned per person?
Thx !

yhm71

Successfully upgraded PE to J, YYZ to FCO, for Euros 230 (1 pax). Accepted about 8 hours before departure. The better half bid 350 on the same route a week later and it wasn't accepted.

Rahim Mazlum

FCO - ORD 165 euros from Premium eco to Business accepted. It was the lowest offer and I did not have much hope, but

never really flew business in my life

AlicorporateUK

Welcome to FlyerTalk and thanks for sharing this, Rahim. Alitalia has a great business class product on its A330 and B777 fleet so you'll definitely enjoy the experience.

G

Rahim Mazlum

Thank you G for the welcome!

Well what can I say, for 165 euros it was well worth it I think. I got briefly into Casa Alitalia lounge in FCO, took a shower, and a delicious cappuccino, and then headed for the flight. I did not hide my excitement to the flight attendants.

I was SO glad I did the upgrade because my pre assigned seat in PE was 8L, which has the divide wall in front, and indeed as I feared and read on Seatguru, it was not good for my height. You would not be able to strech your legs.

At the end of the flight I asked the flight attendants if I can take two coffee spoons with me and they gladly said yes. Then one came after me and told me "Two coffee spoons is not enough. Here is a complete coffee cup set".

A delightful experience.

Having said that for my return flight JFK - FCO I have cancelled my bid of 245 euros and will stay in PE in a good seat, also because on my long layover in FCO I will have access to the lounge as the following leg is in J.

ijgordon

On behalf of my brother-in-law, I bid EUR250 for FCO-JFK, from PE. The minimum bid was EUR240 and the cabin appeared half empty, so we think the minimum might have been accepted but figured another EUR10 was a good insurance policy against a bunch of other people bidding EUR240 or 245.

Offer was accepted, and BIL (a *very* infrequent flyer) apparently had quite an enjoyable flight (as opposed to JFK-FCO in PE where he complained about not being able to recline much).

ObieGrad

I used the bid for upgrade process recently and had some experiences not previously described. I had three legs JFK-FCO connecting to FCO-JTR and separately FCO-JFK.

JFK-FCO - minimum bid EUR 400, I bid EUR 410 each for two tickets. At roughly 24 hours out I received an e-mail that the upgrade was on "standby" and would hear again at 8 hours out. The e-mail also offered to allow me to cancel the bid. At about 10 hours out I got an e-mail declining the offer.

FCO-JTR minimum was EUR 50 EUR, I bid EUR 60 each for two tickets and this was accepted. On this plane, the business section could be moved forward and back and only two rows were designated business. The business section was really economy with the middle seat blocked off. We did, however, get a private restroom and a full meal, unlike economy on the same flight. We also got priority security and lounge access at JTR.

We did not bid on FCO-JFK.

A few other interesting notes:

The boarding passes for JFK-FCO, despite not being upgraded on that leg, indicated "Sky Priority" and allowed us to use the priority security lines at JFK and to board in the first group. I was told that these would not get us access to the lounge at JFK.

The boarding passes for FCO-JFK did not indicate Sky Priority but did allow us to board in Zone 1, despite never bidding on this leg.

BeyEsq

135 euros for PE accepted MXP-JFK on Oct 14. I believe 125 euros was the minimum bid. Had a great experience in PE. ObieGrad's experience of being put on standby happened to me, except I did get accepted in the end.

Marambio

EZE-FCO on Nov 15 from Y to PE. Minimum bid was 150 EUR and I offered 160. Much to my surprise, offer was accepted today, i.e. three days before departure. It's going to be my first time on AZ Premium Economy.

f0zzyNUE

Minimum bid for FCO-ICN and ICN-FCO from Premium Economy to Business Class is 175€. Business Class is wide open.
I'd guess that in their current state they would accept any bid if there is availability

HornsKeith

Also JFK-FCO last month, and I bid EUR 475- same results as you. Standby and then declined. I think I was close to the maximum bid allowed, too, but I didn't check to see how far the 'dial' would go.

Keith

f0zzyNUE

FCO-ICN upgrade was on standby and finally declined. Most probably because business class was fully booked already. C0 for more than 10 days.
ICN-FCO upgrade was granted (180€) four days prior to departure.