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Old Aug 16, 2013, 8:51 am
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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.
  • 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)
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Old Jan 1, 2012, 10:56 am
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£69 to upgrade LHR-CPH offer appeared straight after booking.
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Old Jan 1, 2012, 1:24 pm
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Originally Posted by chistery
£69 to upgrade LHR-CPH offer appeared straight after booking.
A good deal, IMHO!
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Old Jan 2, 2012, 1:30 am
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Originally Posted by PanGalactic
You're kidding right ?
As a Gold I got Lounge + Fast Track anyway, due to seatselection @ T-72, I get the "CE Seatconfiguration" also. I don't drink alcohol on board and don't care much for the better food, so really I'm just paying for the Tier Points (@ €2,30 per Point, not the best available ratio?!) and for someone to hang my coat....

Not sure if it'll make a difference in reachieving Gold this year...

Edit:

Okay, this being flyertalk and all I jumped on it and upgraded the return trip for €138 (31 hours prior to departure).

Quite surprised to see both CE Cabins empty - I got full seat selection available. Are the usual business travelers still on holiday this week?
I don't think I've ever had a completely empty cabin on my seat selection screens, probably the reason they're going so cheap...

Edit 2:

Just added the flights to my flightmemory and noticed that it'll be my 100th flight on BA. They should have upgraded me free of charge

Last edited by raph; Jan 2, 2012 at 1:56 am
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Old Jan 2, 2012, 3:04 am
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Hi Guys ,Im flying LHR - BKK in WT does anyone know if at OLCI there is normaly a upgrade offer to WT+ and if so how much ? As it stands at the moment on MMB its £330
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Old Jan 2, 2012, 3:16 am
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Originally Posted by raph
Edit:

Okay, this being flyertalk and all I jumped on it and upgraded the return trip for €138 (31 hours prior to departure).


I think it is in the BA forum rules that one has to upgrade whenever possible!!


Originally Posted by raph
Just added the flights to my flightmemory and noticed that it'll be my 100th flight on BA. They should have upgraded me free of charge
Congratulations!

As a shareholder, I thank you for your loyalty!!
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Old Jan 2, 2012, 4:34 am
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Originally Posted by jasensteve
Hi Guys ,Im flying LHR - BKK in WT does anyone know if at OLCI there is normaly a upgrade offer to WT+ and if so how much ? As it stands at the moment on MMB its £330
I paid £168 via MMB to upgrade LHR-BKK in May 2011
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Old Jan 2, 2012, 3:43 pm
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€135 for Y->C upgrade at LIS airport. On the desk, so appears that is a fixed fee. Interestingly I went to the ticketing desk before checking in and was quoted full upgrade price, but asked again at check-in who convinced ticketing to sell it for the stated price. I think economy might have been just slightly overbooked but I need the TP to qualify for the lower TP euro 400 threshold before March so I took it. I believe the flight was offered for €79 just after booking. I will happily pay £59-79 but €135 is even stretching my limits for BA C compared to what you get.
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Old Jan 2, 2012, 4:24 pm
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£200 to upgrade LHR - BLR to first from CW at OLCI, was very tempting.
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Old Jan 3, 2012, 6:04 am
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Originally Posted by Cubiscus
£200 to upgrade LHR - BLR to first from CW at OLCI, was very tempting.
That's seriously cheap.
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Old Jan 3, 2012, 4:23 pm
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Offered £89 each way to upgrade LHR-ATH to CE through MMB for flights in June-July
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Old Jan 4, 2012, 3:13 am
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Originally Posted by stifle
That's seriously cheap.
I know, was very close to taking it but I had my favourite seat on the top deck, it's old first and I'm not going to hit gold this year anyway so decided against.

First looked deserted not incidentally.

Current offer for BLR - LHR is £2040, which is not quite as tempting.
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Old Jan 4, 2012, 9:29 am
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Not POA, but offered on request at ticketing desk: €170 for OPT-LHR
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 8:30 am
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After months with no POUG flat fee offers popping up in MMB for the Milan-London routes, in the past couple of days I was offered:

- LIN-LHR, revenue tix, ET>CE @ £79 in MMB
(part of a ticket originating in London)

- LIN-LHR, award tix, ET>CE @ €69 in MMB (plus got an email too!)
(o/w award tix, cash+miles)

I never knew that POUG offers were available also for award tickets.

The £79 one may be a decent deal if someone needs the extra 30 TPs; I remember that last year it was always £125 on this route.


OT: CE fares LHR-MIL on a number of flights next week are cheaper than ET if booking a return... It must be considered that ET tickets can be changed for a £60 fee while that CE fare is non changeable, but it still looks weird to see the prices "Business" column lower than the "Economy" ones...
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 10:23 am
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I just asked the lounge defenders at JNB if they have any CW to F upgrades to sell (JNB-LHR). They told me that they would investigate it and come back to me.

10 minutes later: "Mr Lobengula, please come to the reception". I ran there hoping that maybe a £400-£500 offer was available. But no, they told me that an upgrade would cost me £4000 something

Ah, well. I have a great seat in CW (20A) so it's not a problem, but I was willing to pay £500 for an upgrade.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 4:53 pm
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Planning to visit Cairo (from LON) late in the year, considering doing a WT+ to CW using Avios.... anybody know what the cash POU (if it was offered) fee would be to F please?
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