Aug 16, 2013, 8:51 am
Last edit by: FinalBoarding
An “official POUG” is defined (for the purposes of this wiki) as the rate that appears in red on the MMB/BA app. It is NOT the rate offered at the airport (please see http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ng-thread.html), or the rate offered when you click on the “Upgrade my class of travel with money” link from within MMB, or the “Upgrade to the next available cabin” blue/grey banner in the app.
Please add to this list as required, and include the month/year when the POUG is offered to you.
LON to Europe from ET to CE (typically £59-£69 for Band 1, £69-£79 for Band 2, £79-£89 for Band 3 and £89-£99 for Band 4):
LON to North America (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
LON to South America (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
LON to Asia (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
LON to Australia and Oceania (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
LON to Africa & Middle East (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
Non-LON routes (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- All POUGs earn full TPs and Avios for the upgraded cabin, subject to the original booking being paid for with cash.
- POUGs *ARE* offered on Hand-Baggage Only fares, if available
- POUGs only become available after 48 hours of making your booking, until any time up to, and including OLCI. After being checked in you will not be offered a POUG.
- POUGs do not seem to become available for travel agent bookings, until 2-3 days before departure (YMMV)
- POUGs cannot be requested from Service Centres, except that occasionally BA.com will not proceed with a POUG online and display a message inviting you to call the Service Centre to complete the transaction.
- After a POUG has been purchased, the ticket become non changeable and non refundable, apart from government taxes.
Please add to this list as required, and include the month/year when the POUG is offered to you.
LON to Europe from ET to CE (typically £59-£69 for Band 1, £69-£79 for Band 2, £79-£89 for Band 3 and £89-£99 for Band 4):
- ACE - £105
- AGP – £79 (£99/€119 Dec 2014)
- AMS - £69 / £56 (£99 from HBO in Nov 2014)
- ATH - £99 (£109 from HBO in Oct 2014)
- ARN – £72
- BCN – £79 (£89 for Silver/Bronze and £114 for HBO Blue Dec 2014 - same fight, two bookings) // Blue Feb 2015 - LGW - BCN - £89 / BCN to LHR £115)
- BGO – £64 (£79 for HBO in SEP2014)
- BRI - £119 / €144 (Dec 2014)
- BRU - £69
- BSL - CHF 85 for BSL-LHR (£55 at then exchange rate) (CHF120 in Dec 2014)
- BUD - £79 (£89 and £105 Dec 2014)
- CDG - £69 (£75 Dec 2014; CDG-LHR €115 Dec 2014)
- CMF - £69 (Dec 2014)
- CPH - £79 (£129 from HBO Nov 2014)
- CTA - £119/€144 (both Dec 2014)
- DBV – £79
- DUB – £69/£56 (£99 from HBO Nov 2014, £80 Dec 2014)
- DUS – £69
- FCO - £170 (Dec 14)
- FRA – £69
- GIB - £72 (£140 Dec 14)
- GOT – £79
- GVA - £79/£89
- HAJ – £69
- HAM – £69
- HEL – £89
- INN – £89 out / €109 back (Dec 14)
- IST – £89
- JER – £69
- KBP - £80 / USD 129 (BA is not currently accepting Ukrainian currency)
- LCA – £89 (£190 Dec 2014 from LCA; separately £134 to LCA Dec 2014)
- LIN – £79
- LIS – £79 (£119 offered Nov 14, £99 and £145 Dec 14)
- LUX - £69
- MAD - £79
- MAH - £69
- MUC - £79
- MXP - £119 (€89 MXP - LHR)
- NCE - £140 (each way, 21/DEC/14)
- ORY - £69
- OSL - £79 (£64/640 NOK reported)
- OTP - £79/€89
- PMI - £69 (Dec 2014)
- PRG – £79
- PSA - £79
- SZG - £114 (Nov 2015)
- SOF - £89
- STR – £69
- TIA – £89 (£99 offered Dec 14 for TIA-LGW) (€119 TIA-LGW Dec 2014)
- TRN – £79
- TXL – £69
- VCE – £79
- VIE – £79 [£129 as of Nov14! GBP99 LHR-VIE + GBP99 VIE-LHR Nov14]
- VRN- €139 (~£110) Nov 2014 - £89 / €109 Dec 2014
- WAW – £69 (£110 Dec 14)
- ZAG – £79
- ZRH – £79 (£87 (CHF135) for ZRH-LHR): LCY-ZRH + v.v. £69 (offered 11/14)
LON to North America (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- ATL - WTP £189
- BOS – WTP £189 (mid-2014) £219 (December 2014)
- IAD - WTP £157
- JFK/EWR – WTP £189 (can be as low as £133) / CW £443 / F £527 (F £599 02/08)
- LAS - WTP £180
- LAX – WTP £229 / CW £599 (CW £548 Jan 2015)
- MCO– WTP £180
- MEX – F £447/£525 / £229 WT-WTP (November 28 2015)/ 4640 MXN WT-WTP (December 14 2015)
- MIA – WTP £209 / CW £525
- ORD – WTP £171 / CW £525 / F £499
- PHL – WTP £189
- SAN – CW £599
- SEA – WTP £199
- SFO – WTP £170
- YYZ – WTP £171 (return leg) / CW £425 / F £499
- YYC - WTP £134
- YVR – WTP £175 / CW £350
LON to South America (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- EZE – WTP £199
- GRU – WTP £209 / F £499 / WT to CW £699
- GIG - WT to CW £699
LON to Asia (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- BKK - WTP £126-£140 / CW £549 / F £
- BOM - WTP £ / CW £450 / F £
- DEL - F £499, subsequently reduced to £400
- HKG – WTP £199 (offered £172 for a Nov 2014 flight) / CW £599 / F £599
- NRT - WTP £199 / CW £ / F £525
- ICN - CW £499
- SIN - WTP SGD$320
LON to Australia and Oceania (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- SYD – WTP £170 / CW £399
LON to Africa & Middle East (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- AUH – F £499
- CAI - WTP £121
- DXB – WTP £179 / F £499
- EBB - WTP £142
- JNB - WTP £209
- NBO - WTP £189
Non-LON routes (price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- SYD-SIN – F £465
- AMS-LGW - CE €79
- BCN-LHR - CE £64
- BRU-LHR - CE £105 (12.2014)
- CDG-LHR - CE €79
- DUB-LHR - CE €109 (£85.70-ish) from HBO booked 05.12.14, offered 08.12.14
- BOM-LHR - F cINR40,000 (c£395)
- JNB-LHR WTP - £189
- TLV-LHR - F $600 (c£370)
Pro-active Upgrade cost tracking and questions thread
Aug 2, 2013, 5:37 am
#2206
Join Date: Jan 2013
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Is the offer likely to disappear or even improve with time?I highly doubt it will get any cheaper. Less than a 1% chance I'd say! This is as good as that offer is realistically going to get.
Aug 2, 2013, 6:13 am
#2207
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: LHR
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£69 each way for LHR-DUB and DUB-LHR...seems overpriced for a fairly short flight!
Aug 2, 2013, 8:39 am
#2208
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: 64K or 2A
Programs: BA LT Gold, HH Diamond
Posts: 785
Aug 2, 2013, 1:28 pm
#2209
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Was once BA Gold, Fallen to BA Blue, and humble UA peasant
Posts: 110
Was offered $250 for each pax WT->WT+ IAD-LHR tomorrow night. As it's the full family and would be $1k, no dice.
I've paid enough for a 1yr old in her own seat (thanks UK APD and Fuel surcharge for someone who weights 13% of my weight!)
I've paid enough for a 1yr old in her own seat (thanks UK APD and Fuel surcharge for someone who weights 13% of my weight!)
Aug 2, 2013, 6:58 pm
#2210
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This is why many people have stopped using BA for their chariot ride across the pond.
Aug 2, 2013, 8:24 pm
#2211
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Was once BA Gold, Fallen to BA Blue, and humble UA peasant
Posts: 110
Aug 3, 2013, 12:59 am
#2212
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: usually somewhere between 30000 and 40000 feet...but actually the English countryside
Programs: BA GGL/Lifetime Gold, EK Gold, Lowly M&M, Marriott tit, Hhonors Diamond, numerous others
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Aug 4, 2013, 1:36 pm
#2213
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I had a think about this (£79 for LHR-ZRH). As we have already requalified, we don't need the extra TPs at present and the offer of afternoon tea outbound did not excite.
However, it looks a stonking good deal, and if repeated, I'll probably jump another time.
Aug 4, 2013, 2:04 pm
#2214
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Lewes
Programs: HiltonH. Gold Starwood Gold BA BLUES! Mucci.
Posts: 4,833
I think the point that FLIGHTNURSE is making is obvious, there are many other ways across the Atlantic without the fuel fines, IB, EI, AB are just ONEWORLD examples.
If You are crossing the Pond to "DO" Europe, routing thro' LHR or elsewhere in the UK has little to commend it.... far better value to be had elsewhere, and if Britain features as part of your tour, then a quick RFS or Eurostar from Belgium, France or elsewhere is a cheap and easy way of achieving it......
If You are crossing the Pond to "DO" Europe, routing thro' LHR or elsewhere in the UK has little to commend it.... far better value to be had elsewhere, and if Britain features as part of your tour, then a quick RFS or Eurostar from Belgium, France or elsewhere is a cheap and easy way of achieving it......
Aug 4, 2013, 2:09 pm
#2215
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold / OnBusiness, SPG Lifetime Plat 100, AmEx Centurion & BAPP, Superking Westin Heavenly Bed :)
Posts: 1,142
I was thinking about this the other day: BA just lacks innovation - full stop. They don't lead, they just stay still. Reliable but boring and behind. Anyways, I digress...
Aug 4, 2013, 2:13 pm
#2216
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: HKG, BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 620
PRG-LHR
I have a PRG-LHR, purchased on BA.com, in two weeks, and when I click the upgrade button it says "Sorry, we have encountered a problem. Please call your local BA office to change this booking."
I understand that POUG offers may not be in the system yet, but this message is more reminiscent of when I'm on a BA flight not purchased direct from BA. I didn't even get the high-price non-POUG price.
Has anyone seen this message and then had an upgrade offer come through closer to check-in?
I understand that POUG offers may not be in the system yet, but this message is more reminiscent of when I'm on a BA flight not purchased direct from BA. I didn't even get the high-price non-POUG price.
Has anyone seen this message and then had an upgrade offer come through closer to check-in?
Aug 5, 2013, 12:27 pm
#2217
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: BRS
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond
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Aug 5, 2013, 1:38 pm
#2218
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: usually LON
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Posts: 1,546
Aug 5, 2013, 1:50 pm
#2219
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Location: SE1, London
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Aug 5, 2013, 3:03 pm
#2220
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: New York City
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Posts: 1,268
JER - LGW offering £120.31 for upgrade to CE... This is weird since at booking the price difference between B and C class was only £67...... Will probably wait the day of my flight since I'm going to be charing this to client :P
