Pro-active Upgrade cost tracking and questions thread
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#1411
Join Date: Jun 2009
Programs: Flying Blue, Marriott Rewards, BA Executive Club
Posts: 294
[QUOTE=CityRules;19615584]None for me so far in 12 sectors LCY/Zurich. Booked LHR/ZRH and straight away I get a POUG at £79. Took it for the TPs. I'll wait on the return leg and see if it comes down to £69.
Ended up taking the POUG on the return for £79. I have another two bookings LHR-ZRH at non rush-hour flight times but, as yet, no offers.
Ended up taking the POUG on the return for £79. I have another two bookings LHR-ZRH at non rush-hour flight times but, as yet, no offers.

#1412
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: BAEC Gold, IHG Spire Elite, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 5,906
I've still got the outbound to JER tomorrow as £255! Probably won't change as it's a same day return.
Wouldn't bother anyway for the length of flight, have exit row seats and would lose any extra TPs anyway at this stage in my membership year.
Wouldn't bother anyway for the length of flight, have exit row seats and would lose any extra TPs anyway at this stage in my membership year.

#1413
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: BA - Blue > Bronze > Silver > Bronze > Blue
Posts: 6,629

#1414
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: LON (mostly)
Programs: FlyingBlue Platinum Elite / BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,929

#1415
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: BAEC Gold, IHG Spire Elite, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 5,906
I personally wouldn't pay that (unless it was a return fare and I would then consider it).

#1416
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: LON (mostly)
Programs: FlyingBlue Platinum Elite / BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,929
Also:
£525 works out at £10.5/TP, so it's about 10 times more than I'd expect to pay if I were doing a TP run.
£525 works out at £10.5/TP, so it's about 10 times more than I'd expect to pay if I were doing a TP run.

#1417
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 94
Paid Upgrade Prices
In the past I have often taken advantage of paying to upgrade when I check in (when it's offered). I have an upcoming LHR - RUH flight and was offered to upgrade to WT+ for £800 (outbound only) which seems ridiculous as the flight was only £630! This is the first time I've seen the upgrade cost more than the price of the ticket. Any ideas if the price might be lower closer to the departure date?

#1418
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, VA Flying Club Silver (pointless?), Hertz Gold President's Circle
Posts: 30
I was offered £399 on the JFK - LHR W - J recently. A little before that the same for ORD - LHR W - J

#1419
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, SQ Gold
Posts: 3,839
That'll be a change fee + fare difference, rather than a pro-active upgrade offer.
If it doesn't change before OLCI, ask at the airport, you can normall get it there for £189 (I think that's how much it costs now) if there's availibility
If it doesn't change before OLCI, ask at the airport, you can normall get it there for £189 (I think that's how much it costs now) if there's availibility

#1420
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Ex Gold, Now Silver :)
Posts: 122
so far its about 2000 on each leg for an upgrade. wonder if this will change close to date of departure.
i got upgrades lhr - las for 225 each way last dec.
i got upgrades lhr - las for 225 each way last dec.

#1421
Join Date: Feb 2012
Programs: BA Gold, NZ*G
Posts: 204
CHF100 for LHR-ZRH (the return sector), booked into I. About CHF30 cheaper than had I booked straight into CE (also I class) during the booking process.

#1422
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: From ORK, live LCY
Programs: Pretty much all gone these days
Posts: 13,026
My LHR-LIN positioning flight in February for an ex-EU has gone from £69 each way to £225.61 upgrade outbound (which is presumably refare plus change fee) and £79 inbound.

#1423
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: TKU
Programs: BA, AY, SK
Posts: 35

How does one know the difference between a POUG and a fare difference upgrade? I mean, I paid 788 for a WT+ upgrade going HEL-LHR-SAN-LHR-HEL - is that a special offer price or a fare difference offer? The original WT ticket was ~800, so it was roughly +100%.
Also, if that was a POUG, did accepting the deal "disable" further upgrade offers?
Also, if that was a POUG, did accepting the deal "disable" further upgrade offers?

#1424
Join Date: Feb 2012
Programs: BA Gold, NZ*G
Posts: 204
Perhaps on your outbound, I class was originally available but is now sold and there are now only higher CE fare buckets left.

#1425
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: From ORK, live LCY
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I expect that is the case. A while back the outbound said 3 seats left at this price (£69), and I looked up I availability on KVS and it was I3.
