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
Mar 4, 2014, 6:06 pm
#2836
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Wiltshire/London
Programs: BA Bronze
Posts: 157
Mar 5, 2014, 1:07 am
#2837
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 2
LHR-CPT WT+ £189 / paid 1st March to fly on 8th March
CPT-LHR WT+ £126 / paid 2nd March to fly on 16th March
CPT-LHR WT+ £126 / paid 2nd March to fly on 16th March
Mar 5, 2014, 1:32 am
#2838
Join Date: May 2008
Programs: BA Executive club Gold ,Skywards
Posts: 322
LHR-HKG WTP-CW £349 January
LHR-LPA £89 March
LHR-IBZ £69 May
LHR-BCN £69 June
LHR-LPA £89 November
LHR-TXL £89 January 2015
LHR-LPA £89 March
LHR-IBZ £69 May
LHR-BCN £69 June
LHR-LPA £89 November
LHR-TXL £89 January 2015
Mar 5, 2014, 4:05 am
#2839
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: London/Glasgow
Posts: 18
LHR - DUB £69 April
Mar 6, 2014, 6:44 am
#2840
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: London
Posts: 17,007
I'm on a multi-trip itinerary, BOS-LHR, LHR-DEL, DEL-LHR-NCL, NCL-LHR-BOS. I know I won't get a offer upgrade in MMB. Is it still possible to ask if there are any offers at LHR? I'm specifically looking for an upgrade for the LHR-DEL flight (BA143 on 7th March). I've tried UuA but no luck. I'm in WTP.
Mar 6, 2014, 8:46 am
#2841
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 94
LHR-VIE £64 (HBO fare on Hello Weekend day trip promotion)
LGW-NCE £79 (standard fare)
LGW-NCE £79 (standard fare)
Mar 6, 2014, 9:28 am
#2842
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London and Zurich
Programs: AA, BA, Mucci: Sir Roger des Directions Routières, PCR
Posts: 13,609
I just booked a day trip LHR-GVA, part of the Hello Weekend promotion.
Online confirmation shows the offer of £79 to upgrade to CE, as in the wiki. The e-mail confirmation shows £89.
Oo er! Dynamic pricing, eh.
Online confirmation shows the offer of £79 to upgrade to CE, as in the wiki. The e-mail confirmation shows £89.
Oo er! Dynamic pricing, eh.
Mar 7, 2014, 11:36 am
#2843
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Edinburgh
Programs: BA Gold, Accor Silver, Flying Blue Zilch, East Coast Rewards Lots&lots, Miles & More nada
Posts: 288
LHR-DUB (and vice versa) £56 for flights in late March.
Base fare was semi-flex, so this is a big percentage fare increase, but also 30 extra TP for £56.
I've only upgraded one direction as I don't need flexibility on the outbound but want to retain it on the return.
Incidentally, this is the first time I've ever seen a POUG offer in MMB.
Base fare was semi-flex, so this is a big percentage fare increase, but also 30 extra TP for £56.
I've only upgraded one direction as I don't need flexibility on the outbound but want to retain it on the return.
Incidentally, this is the first time I've ever seen a POUG offer in MMB.
Mar 7, 2014, 12:15 pm
#2844
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: BA Gold GGL
Posts: 1,068
Pro-active Upgrade cost tracking thread
Just wondering, is POUG a Flyertalk term or do BA use it too?
Mar 7, 2014, 12:36 pm
#2845
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
Mar 11, 2014, 1:54 am
#2846
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: LHR
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 450
Just bagged LHR-JFK WT to WT+ for £133! Pretty much as cheap as it gets. Not really much of a surprise that something was on offer as flightstats shows 9's across the board for a flight that's in 4 days.
Also took the return for a slightly less excellent £171 as it will bump me over to Gold for the first time.
Also took the return for a slightly less excellent £171 as it will bump me over to Gold for the first time.
Mar 11, 2014, 2:20 am
#2847
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,107
Cheapish - it was £89 for each direction last week. Still a bargain, I'd say. On the return, loadfactor was near 100, so I guess I COULD have gotten an opup as Gold, but this way I got 80TP instead of 20, which is a good start for the new membership year.
Mar 12, 2014, 9:35 am
#2848
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors, Virgin
Posts: 766
Colleague just got WT+ to CW LAS-LHR for £499. Is this good-LAS doesn't show in the sticky prices.
Mar 12, 2014, 2:42 pm
#2849
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Helsinki
Programs: BA EC Gold
Posts: 329
The wiki defines POUG as the thing on MMB and excludes airport bought upgrades. So what are airport bought upgrades called?
Are the prices quoted on here exclusively POUG?
Are the prices quoted on here exclusively POUG?
Mar 12, 2014, 3:31 pm
#2850
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA - Gold for Life, CCR & GGL; IC Spire Elite Ambassador; Diamond Hilton Honors; Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 6,720
LHR - HEL £72 ET to CE and same for the return journey, this sounds like a good deal as I bought a hand baggage only fare for £140 return for a TP run for silver. Does anyone think it will get any lower or shall I snap it up before it dissapears? I was hoping for a poug and willing to use the 24 hour cancel period if one didn't appear so perhaps I've answered my own question!
I bought CE tickets to HEL yesterday before the Sale finished and paid £613 before CC fee for two seats. This price included the Shareholder discount. The dates for the TP weekend trip are not far off, which may have made a difference.