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
Apr 9, 2014, 8:40 am
#2956
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Apr 9, 2014, 6:05 pm
#2957
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BA 7 on 12/4/14
LHR-HND: WTP to F for £1,384.40... WT and CW seem to be full... Is it a good deal? Wanted to upgrade with Avios but it's impossible!
Apr 9, 2014, 11:49 pm
#2958
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A colleague of mine was offered a POUG via MMB on a LHR-ZRH flight in May for 88 CHF / 60 GBP. This was not offered straight after booking; flight is wide open in fare class "I".
Took it on my expenses as she is travelling with me on this flight and it will be her first flight in CE
Took it on my expenses as she is travelling with me on this flight and it will be her first flight in CE
Apr 10, 2014, 2:43 am
#2959
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Think of it as £800 to go WTP to CW and £600 to go CW to F.
On a full flight that seems to be well below the likely original fare difference.
For the tracking, I have an ex-EU from OSL in November and the positioning flights have been offered as an upgrade at £64 each way.
Apr 10, 2014, 8:23 am
#2960
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But the main reason i didn't take it is the 767, where there was a high chance i would end up with someone else right next to me. So the seating experience would be as uncomfortable as Y and I would be paying £99 just to receive some champagne.. (yes I know I'd also receive 60 extra TPs and lounge access, but both of these were of no significance to me).
Apr 10, 2014, 2:05 pm
#2961
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LHR - LIS offered for £64. I took it!
Apr 12, 2014, 9:25 am
#2962
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AUP vs POUG
dear BA enthusiasts,
Should we create a new wikipost / thread for AUP deals?
ps. my 2000th post. posted from a BA lounge
Should we create a new wikipost / thread for AUP deals?
ps. my 2000th post. posted from a BA lounge
Apr 12, 2014, 11:09 am
#2963
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Apr 12, 2014, 12:14 pm
#2965
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Apr 12, 2014, 12:41 pm
#2966
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Apr 12, 2014, 6:01 pm
#2967
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Apr 13, 2014, 2:41 pm
#2968
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I have recently had LHR-IST ET-CE for £109(offered right after booking, flight in June, took it for such a long flight).
Also VIE-LHR ET-CE for €79 offered now, flight in 2 weeks.
Recently LHR-BUD ET-CE for £79 offered right after booking in January present in MMB until OLCI, flight was in March.
And lastly, and a bit annoyingly, no offer for POUG on any of my 4 upcoming flights LHR-OSL or vice versa. Luckily, I don't need the TP, as I gave up on making Gold this year anyway.
Also VIE-LHR ET-CE for €79 offered now, flight in 2 weeks.
Recently LHR-BUD ET-CE for £79 offered right after booking in January present in MMB until OLCI, flight was in March.
And lastly, and a bit annoyingly, no offer for POUG on any of my 4 upcoming flights LHR-OSL or vice versa. Luckily, I don't need the TP, as I gave up on making Gold this year anyway.
Apr 14, 2014, 7:40 pm
#2969
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LRH-IST in October - £89 offered 3 days after booking
Apr 15, 2014, 6:42 am
#2970
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Currently offering $245 for WT-WT+ YYZ-LHR April 21. I'm annoyed because the price to buy WT+ outright is cheaper than I paid for my WT ticket! I'll probably wait it out a few days to see if the offer price comes down (it usually settles around $200) and take it. I've been spoiled by OPUPs on every segment for the past year or so so I feel like my luck is probably running out!