So - who got a free upgrade this week?
Feb 19, 2017, 10:26 am
#781
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
AMS-LHR. ringingup and +1 both upgraded to CE. We're on the flight now. I noticed seats had changed on the BA app when we were in the lounge.
My first OpUp ever. On any airline. If you don't count an upgraded mid flight on the way back from Soul, when my IFE in CW stopped working.
Only minus is that our seat are not together. Not a big deal on such a short flight.
My first OpUp ever. On any airline. If you don't count an upgraded mid flight on the way back from Soul, when my IFE in CW stopped working.
Only minus is that our seat are not together. Not a big deal on such a short flight.
Feb 19, 2017, 12:06 pm
#782
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 32
ACCRA
flew return to accra this week - two separate single bookings both on avios.
got upgraded on the outbound to WTP about a day before and a couple of hours before after i had checked in on return - gate did not know anything about it, i had to ask them to reissue the boarding pass.
first ever time for upgrades - due to silver i assume.
got upgraded on the outbound to WTP about a day before and a couple of hours before after i had checked in on return - gate did not know anything about it, i had to ask them to reissue the boarding pass.
first ever time for upgrades - due to silver i assume.
Feb 19, 2017, 1:36 pm
#783
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hotels.com Gold
Posts: 576
My first ever BA upgrade. At the gate on a South African internal flight PLZ-CPT.
Annoyingly on one of the few segments I fly a year with the family (who weren't upgraded!)
As I was only one row in front of them I self-downgraded and swapped much to the delight of the chap sitting in my original seat. I suspect he was equally happy that he'd be in Club and not sitting next to a three year old!
Annoyingly on one of the few segments I fly a year with the family (who weren't upgraded!)
As I was only one row in front of them I self-downgraded and swapped much to the delight of the chap sitting in my original seat. I suspect he was equally happy that he'd be in Club and not sitting next to a three year old!
Last edited by CloudGazer; Feb 19, 2017 at 2:24 pm
Feb 23, 2017, 3:03 am
#786
Join Date: Jun 2016
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,166
Wow - that's some upgrade...double upgrade (Y to J), for two people...
Was Y full? Even so, would normally expect BA to roll forward cabins i.e. move Y passengers into WTP and then move WTP into J...
I think you REALLY lucked out there. Any idea how/why?
Was Y full? Even so, would normally expect BA to roll forward cabins i.e. move Y passengers into WTP and then move WTP into J...
I think you REALLY lucked out there. Any idea how/why?
Feb 23, 2017, 3:38 am
#787
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 48
I did receive a survey after the flight out to Tampa, and I did make it a bit of a whingefest...not sure if that made any difference!
Feb 23, 2017, 4:01 am
#788
Join Date: Jun 2016
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,166
Ah OK - they switched from a 3-class to a 4-class 777 then? Which cuts the Y seats hugely...
I guess if they just had the two J seats to make it work, then travelling as a pair will have helped. There's some (anecdotal) evidence of the system flagging up 'lower-tier' or recently demoted BAEC members for upgrades as a 'teaser' (for example, anecdotal evidence of Silvers being upgraded over Golds...) - plus I guess TPA is not a very status-heavy route for BA - so the upgrade gods were in your favour maybe
hope you enjoyed...that's the kind of upgrade you really appreciate (and I never seem to get...)
I guess if they just had the two J seats to make it work, then travelling as a pair will have helped. There's some (anecdotal) evidence of the system flagging up 'lower-tier' or recently demoted BAEC members for upgrades as a 'teaser' (for example, anecdotal evidence of Silvers being upgraded over Golds...) - plus I guess TPA is not a very status-heavy route for BA - so the upgrade gods were in your favour maybe
hope you enjoyed...that's the kind of upgrade you really appreciate (and I never seem to get...)
Feb 23, 2017, 4:36 am
#789
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 48
Ah OK - they switched from a 3-class to a 4-class 777 then? Which cuts the Y seats hugely...
I guess if they just had the two J seats to make it work, then travelling as a pair will have helped. There's some (anecdotal) evidence of the system flagging up 'lower-tier' or recently demoted BAEC members for upgrades as a 'teaser' (for example, anecdotal evidence of Silvers being upgraded over Golds...) - plus I guess TPA is not a very status-heavy route for BA - so the upgrade gods were in your favour maybe
hope you enjoyed...that's the kind of upgrade you really appreciate (and I never seem to get...)
I guess if they just had the two J seats to make it work, then travelling as a pair will have helped. There's some (anecdotal) evidence of the system flagging up 'lower-tier' or recently demoted BAEC members for upgrades as a 'teaser' (for example, anecdotal evidence of Silvers being upgraded over Golds...) - plus I guess TPA is not a very status-heavy route for BA - so the upgrade gods were in your favour maybe
hope you enjoyed...that's the kind of upgrade you really appreciate (and I never seem to get...)
The funny thing was, as the plane was originally supposed to be three class, we had hoped that we might get three seats to ourselves, so my heart sank when the checkin lady said that the flight was full! It was only walking away from checkin that it finally clicked that we had been upgraded, when our seat numbers looked too low. I had wondered why she had gone into detail about the lounge when we no longer qualified to use it.
It was a great crew too... very attentive and generous with the drinkies!
Feb 23, 2017, 2:14 pm
#791
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,983
Feb 23, 2017, 3:58 pm
#794
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Feb 24, 2017, 3:43 am
#795
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: London / Brighton
Programs: BAEC Gold / M-Life Gold / HH Diamond
Posts: 1,635
Got an email from the Amex TA this morning "contact us urgently about a major change to your flight", dreaded the worst and assumed Doris had done the dirty and it was cancelled, checked the app and I'd been upgraded from WT+ to CW on tomorrow morning's LHR-JFK 
First time ever I've had an upgrade before check in. Today is a happy Friday
First time ever I've had an upgrade before check in. Today is a happy Friday