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 29, 2014, 11:01 am
#2926
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,106
$220 is very good value and must mean they need to upgrade some passengers. Being a status customer, you're more likely to be chosen, but given the low cost, you may lose out to somebody else. I'd always take an offer that low. And, if they're rolling forward, you may well get the nod for CW. It has happened to me, and it's the best value CW you'll ever get.
Mrs P and Miss P (Mrs P Silver - Miss P Blue) were offered a POUG WT to WTP (LHR-JFK) for £124.00 and me being the nice person that I am, paid it for them about 10 days prior to departure.
They both got upgraded to CW at the gate earlier this week. Good value I thought even without the upgrade to CW.
Mar 30, 2014, 8:19 am
#2927
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,727
Under manager my book using BA app, there is an option in grey for upgrade my flight. Is this the POUG offer? Upon clicking it, it says there is an error and currently unavailable?
Puzzled with the message. Flight is in June
Puzzled with the message. Flight is in June
Mar 30, 2014, 9:31 am
#2928
Join Date: May 2006
Location: UK London / Salisbury
Programs: BA GGL, CCR, LTG
Posts: 543
Has availability of POUG reduced?
Last week I booked 5 or 6 short haul sectors at off peak times when there is good I class availability. Previously, I would have expected some of those to offer an immediate POUG. This time, none did however. Does anyone know if the policy on these has been tightened?
Mar 30, 2014, 10:15 am
#2929
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
Change booking
Change date/time of my flight
Upgrade my class of travel with money
Upgrade my class of travel with Avios
Cancellation options for this booking
Change date/time of my flight
Upgrade my class of travel with money
Upgrade my class of travel with Avios
Cancellation options for this booking
But usually the POUG offer will be made much more visible to you at the top of the page or in a pod on the right hand side of the page, announcing a special offer to upgrade.
If you click the link in the list at the bottom of the page and get prices for upgrading, they are sometimes POUG prices and sometimes just fare rules upgrade prices. Many of the posts in this thread fail to distinguish between them. POUG prices are, IME, marked as special offer prices.
Mar 30, 2014, 4:29 pm
#2930
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,727
In the app, I got a direct link which says upgrade to the next available. It only appears this weekend but not last week.
When I logged into MMB, same thing happens. But upon clicking it, it says tickets not available for upgrade online. Please contact local agent.
When I logged into MMB, same thing happens. But upon clicking it, it says tickets not available for upgrade online. Please contact local agent.
Mar 30, 2014, 7:30 pm
#2931
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Canada
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,254
I agree.
Mrs P and Miss P (Mrs P Silver - Miss P Blue) were offered a POUG WT to WTP (LHR-JFK) for £124.00 and me being the nice person that I am, paid it for them about 10 days prior to departure.
They both got upgraded to CW at the gate earlier this week. Good value I thought even without the upgrade to CW.
Mrs P and Miss P (Mrs P Silver - Miss P Blue) were offered a POUG WT to WTP (LHR-JFK) for £124.00 and me being the nice person that I am, paid it for them about 10 days prior to departure.
They both got upgraded to CW at the gate earlier this week. Good value I thought even without the upgrade to CW.
Apr 1, 2014, 2:17 am
#2932
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Da World (GOT usually)
Programs: Oneworld, Hilton, IHG
Posts: 409
Not sure who edits Wiki, however:
Airport Upgrade (wishing for separate thread)
WT to WTP LHR-LAX today 144GBP (quoted as 175EUR).
Excellent deal to try WTP on a380. Took it.
Edit: I declined the 110EUR GOT-LON WT-CE
Airport Upgrade (wishing for separate thread)
WT to WTP LHR-LAX today 144GBP (quoted as 175EUR).
Excellent deal to try WTP on a380. Took it.
Edit: I declined the 110EUR GOT-LON WT-CE
Apr 1, 2014, 2:25 am
#2933
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 870
LHR-VIE next week - £69
VIE-LHR next week - £99
Both through MMB.
VIE-LHR next week - £99
Both through MMB.
Apr 1, 2014, 4:37 am
#2934
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: London, UK
Programs: A3 Gold, BAEC Silver
Posts: 38
Got offered the standard £89 POUG offer for a LGW-LCA flight on BA APP yesterday, but when I selected it I got a message that they (BA) are temporarily experiencing problems upgrading this flight. Same happens today. I went on the MMB and the POUG offer shows up there as well but a similar experiencing problems error message shows up.
Anyone had this problem before?
Anyone had this problem before?
Apr 2, 2014, 12:54 am
#2936
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: BA Exec Club Gold, Star Alliance Gold, TravelAir Gold, Hyatt Gold Points Platinum
Posts: 29
LHR - DME 209gbp from WT to WT+
Apr 2, 2014, 5:07 pm
#2937
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: OSL
Posts: 2,646
Being offered a £69 per person upgrade on MMB page, but when clicking through being told the price is now £117. 2 people attached to the booking so guessing there is one offer left. On the return I am being offered the upfare (incl. change fee), so obviously the £117 is a second level of upgrade price point for the outbound. This is for an LCY-Menorca flight.
Last edited by dodgeflyer; Apr 2, 2014 at 5:16 pm
Apr 2, 2014, 5:14 pm
#2938
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: LHR
Programs: Accor PLT,Thai Silver, HH Dia, SPG Titanium (LT Gold), Aegean Gold, BA Silver
Posts: 5,120
Usally get an offer for Istanbul but just booked 2 flights and zilch.
Apr 5, 2014, 12:03 am
#2939
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: HEL
Programs: SPG LTP, hotels, OWE, STE+, *G, Octopus
Posts: 5,785
Apr 5, 2014, 3:46 am
#2940
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: usually LON
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), Tesco Blue, TK Elite (*G), Oyster Diamond Jubilee edition
Posts: 1,546
Usual £99 on LHR-ATH and ATH-LHR during check-in.
But I also got £179 for LHR-ATH-LHR on the same booking one day before departure, and £80 on the return leg two days before departure of this leg. Did not try to take it, so I don't know if it would work or increased to £99.
But I also got £179 for LHR-ATH-LHR on the same booking one day before departure, and £80 on the return leg two days before departure of this leg. Did not try to take it, so I don't know if it would work or increased to £99.