Upgrade Offer on App (and on website)
Apr 10, 2023, 9:45 am
#451
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: AA EXP, AA Million Miles, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,586
The pricing on these upgrades makes little sense to me. Purchased my first ever in-app upgrade:
HND-DFW: from Main Cabin to Business on a 788: $350.
Meanwhile: the app wants $205 for a DEN-ORD upgrade to domestic first. No thanks.
The value to stage length ratio makes no sense.
at $350, I'll just hold on my SWUs for a future flight. Oh, and I suppose I could have also chosen to waitlist the HND-DFW upgrade for $350+25K miles. LOL..
HND-DFW: from Main Cabin to Business on a 788: $350.
Meanwhile: the app wants $205 for a DEN-ORD upgrade to domestic first. No thanks.
The value to stage length ratio makes no sense.
at $350, I'll just hold on my SWUs for a future flight. Oh, and I suppose I could have also chosen to waitlist the HND-DFW upgrade for $350+25K miles. LOL..
Apr 10, 2023, 12:01 pm
#452
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: PHL, NYC
Programs: AA PLT, DL SLV, UA SLV, MR LTT, HH DIA
Posts: 10,067
The pricing on these upgrades makes little sense to me. Purchased my first ever in-app upgrade:
HND-DFW: from Main Cabin to Business on a 788: $350.
Meanwhile: the app wants $205 for a DEN-ORD upgrade to domestic first. No thanks.
The value to stage length ratio makes no sense.
at $350, I'll just hold on my SWUs for a future flight. Oh, and I suppose I could have also chosen to waitlist the HND-DFW upgrade for $350+25K miles. LOL..
HND-DFW: from Main Cabin to Business on a 788: $350.
Meanwhile: the app wants $205 for a DEN-ORD upgrade to domestic first. No thanks.
The value to stage length ratio makes no sense.
at $350, I'll just hold on my SWUs for a future flight. Oh, and I suppose I could have also chosen to waitlist the HND-DFW upgrade for $350+25K miles. LOL..
Apr 10, 2023, 2:54 pm
#453
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: AA 1MM CK, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Ambassador (RIP SPG), BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,159
Meanwhile - I am getting this for Y to F. Flight is wide open in F / J.
I had to attach a photo as this is the most absurd offer I’ve gotten to date:
I had to attach a photo as this is the most absurd offer I’ve gotten to date:
Apr 10, 2023, 9:09 pm
#454
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AA EXP, IHG Diamond, IC Amb
Posts: 5,510
Apr 11, 2023, 8:51 am
#456
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: AA EXP, AA Million Miles, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,586
Yep.
Base fare (originating in GMP) was something like $800. If that's what a transpac business upgrade is going to cost - there's very little reason why I as an EXP would ever buy a business fare outright. I don't need the LPs.
Base fare (originating in GMP) was something like $800. If that's what a transpac business upgrade is going to cost - there's very little reason why I as an EXP would ever buy a business fare outright. I don't need the LPs.
Apr 12, 2023, 7:39 pm
#457
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Sydney AUS
Programs: QF,VA Plat
Posts: 27
Hi, newbie here, I'm flying as a OWE (Qantas Platinum) on CLT-DFW in May, and I have one of the $205 offers. My fare bucket is (S) - if I upgrade to domestic "First" with this offer, does the fare bucket change, or does it remain as "S"? This plays a role with the earning tables for Qantas, as I believe I will only earn 10 status credits for the S-bucket economy fare, but could get up to 40 for domestic first (Qantas equivalent- Business) - depending on which bucket it earns as.
Edit: sorry, I just see that post #449 addresses this - seems it will go into a domestic First fare class if upgraded prior to the day of departure, that's great.
Edit: sorry, I just see that post #449 addresses this - seems it will go into a domestic First fare class if upgraded prior to the day of departure, that's great.
Last edited by jpp42; Apr 12, 2023 at 9:34 pm
Apr 12, 2023, 8:28 pm
#458
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: ATL/TLV/SDF
Programs: AA EXP, UA LT Ag, Marriott LT Ti, Hyatt Glob, Avis PC, Busted-Knuckles Club Grand Poobah.
Posts: 2,590
Apr 13, 2023, 5:11 am
#459
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EXP; Avis PC; Hertz PC; Marriott LT Gold; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,133
Not sure if CLT-PHX is short haul (depends on what we are comparing it to), but I have $205 offers on both legs. Seeing as they are J7 two weeks out and both being crack of dawn flights, I’m taking my chances on getting a free upgrade.
Apr 14, 2023, 4:15 am
#462
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Glasgow
Programs: BAEC Gold, LH, EK, QR
Posts: 355
Is there anything that excludes a booking from being offered any in-app upgades? Do you need to be logged in with an AA FF account or are mixed cabin/mixed carrier bookings not supported?
Booked in January and travelling next week, I have a mixed class, outbound TATL PE then Economy to south America, returning business, with the TATL on BA. I'm a BA gold (OWE) but have never been offered any upgrade options in the app - just curious.
Booked in January and travelling next week, I have a mixed class, outbound TATL PE then Economy to south America, returning business, with the TATL on BA. I'm a BA gold (OWE) but have never been offered any upgrade options in the app - just curious.
Apr 14, 2023, 4:26 am
#463
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,471
Is there anything that excludes a booking from being offered any in-app upgades? Do you need to be logged in with an AA FF account or are mixed cabin/mixed carrier bookings not supported?
Booked in January and travelling next week, I have a mixed class, outbound TATL PE then Economy to south America, returning business, with the TATL on BA. I'm a BA gold (OWE) but have never been offered any upgrade options in the app - just curious.
Booked in January and travelling next week, I have a mixed class, outbound TATL PE then Economy to south America, returning business, with the TATL on BA. I'm a BA gold (OWE) but have never been offered any upgrade options in the app - just curious.
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Apr 14, 2023, 4:45 am
#464
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Glasgow
Programs: BAEC Gold, LH, EK, QR
Posts: 355
Is the ticket booked on AA 001 stock or on BA 125? If you bought the ticket from BA, then you'll not get in app offers for the AA operated flights. If it's on AA stock, then you might get offers but not guaranteed. See my post just above: it's an AA issued ticket with both BA and AA sectors. I get offers for the AA sectors. But nothing for the BA sectors.
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Its a 001 ticket. All outbound sectors on AA. From reading the previous comments if there was going to be an offer made it would probably have been visible by now.
Apr 14, 2023, 7:18 am
#465
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,471
Yeah. Mine are usually available immediately, or at least very soon after making the booking. Come to think of it, I've ALWAYS had offers on AA tickets for the AA segments, at least where it is possible to upgrade (i.e., you can't upgrade from domestic first class or where business is the highest class). This has even been on fairly complex multi-carrier bookings with BA, AY an AA sectors. Of course some times these offers are totally mental.