Offered upgrade to FIRST for £380 - take it??
Feb 9, 2012, 11:52 pm
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Offered upgrade to FIRST for £380 - take it??
I was offered an upgrade from CW to First at checkin from Mumbai for 30k rupees (approx £380). Declined it but now sitting int he lounge on the verge of asking if it is still available !! It was new First on the way out, so assume it would be same on the way back (BA 198)
Feb 10, 2012, 12:17 am
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That question can only be answered by how much £380 means to you. For some it's a lot, for others, its a pee in the ocean.
For me, with my own money, and if travelling alone, I wouldn't (and I love NF). I just wouldn't pay circa £38 an hour extra;that's not far off being a crispy new £50 note per hour just for a slightly different seat. WT+ v CW wwould be a different argument though!
But then, and I don't mind admitting it, I'm an Avios junkie - all my F travel is always on Avios alone, not even MFUs.
For me, with my own money, and if travelling alone, I wouldn't (and I love NF). I just wouldn't pay circa £38 an hour extra;that's not far off being a crispy new £50 note per hour just for a slightly different seat. WT+ v CW wwould be a different argument though!
But then, and I don't mind admitting it, I'm an Avios junkie - all my F travel is always on Avios alone, not even MFUs.
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Feb 10, 2012, 12:26 am
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I was offered an upgrade from CW to First at checkin from Mumbai for 30k rupees (approx £380). Declined it but now sitting int he lounge on the verge of asking if it is still available !! It was new First on the way out, so assume it would be same on the way back (BA 198)
Feb 10, 2012, 12:28 am
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That question can only be answered by how much £380 means to you. For some it's a lot, for others, its a pee in the ocean.
For me, with my own money, and if travelling alone, I wouldn't (and I love NF). I just wouldn't pay circa £38 an hour extra;that's not far off being a crispy new £50 note per hour just for a slightly different seat.
But then, and I don't mind admitting it, I'm an Avios junkie - all my F travel is always on Avios alone, not even MFUs.
For me, with my own money, and if travelling alone, I wouldn't (and I love NF). I just wouldn't pay circa £38 an hour extra;that's not far off being a crispy new £50 note per hour just for a slightly different seat.
But then, and I don't mind admitting it, I'm an Avios junkie - all my F travel is always on Avios alone, not even MFUs.
Re getting more adios and miles - I don't think I would get them for this type of upgrade (paid at the airport) ?
Feb 10, 2012, 12:36 am
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Feb 10, 2012, 12:47 am
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I was offered an upgrade from CW (10J) to F (1E) at the gate eight weeks ago for BA154 CAI-LHR.
As it was offered at GBP0.00 I had no hesitation in accepting it!
As it was offered at GBP0.00 I had no hesitation in accepting it!
Feb 10, 2012, 1:56 am
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I got this offer on this route last week and declined. It was a business trip and the ~$600 would have needed to come out of my own pocket. 
I had a good seat upstairs- if I had been in a rammed dormitory it might have been a different story.
I had a good seat upstairs- if I had been in a rammed dormitory it might have been a different story.
Feb 10, 2012, 3:17 am
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Feb 10, 2012, 3:26 am
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Are you sure about that?? I have taken a couple of online or check-in upgrade offers only to find out on the fine print that the original Avios and points still applied! Did this both on Y to CE, and on AA domestic...
For that reason nowadays I pass any offer of upgrading for a fee at the airport unless it's something like $100 from WT to WT+ on a SIN-LHR flight.
For that reason nowadays I pass any offer of upgrading for a fee at the airport unless it's something like $100 from WT to WT+ on a SIN-LHR flight.