So - who got a free upgrade this week?
Jun 19, 2018, 4:47 am
#1501
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Oxford (&Western Isles )
Programs: BA GGL, CCR; RyanAir MillionMiler :( ;
Posts: 756
Not strictly an upgrade? SEA-LHR CW-F yesterday
I was IRROPS PDX to LAX so the AA gate agent tried a few options and ended up putting me in a hotel and then early flight on Delta from PDX to SEA and then I was put in F for BA52 SEA-LHR. I have an inkling that the AA agent didnt realise the difference between CW and F on BA fares when she was looking for availability for me.
And to comment on the F service - it was good , not excellent, but I couldn't complain about any aspect of the soft service.
I was IRROPS PDX to LAX so the AA gate agent tried a few options and ended up putting me in a hotel and then early flight on Delta from PDX to SEA and then I was put in F for BA52 SEA-LHR. I have an inkling that the AA agent didnt realise the difference between CW and F on BA fares when she was looking for availability for me.
And to comment on the F service - it was good , not excellent, but I couldn't complain about any aspect of the soft service.
Jun 19, 2018, 3:13 pm
#1502
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ADL
Programs: ; BAEC Silver; Qantas FF Gold; Hertz Gold, Accor A-Club Gold
Posts: 425
Been upgraded from WT to WT+ on the BA212 from Bos-lhr today. Always a nice feeling. Felt it was coming as i’d Reserved a seat in row 41 weeks ago but when I went to OLCI today my seat was in the WT+section.
Jun 20, 2018, 11:52 pm
#1503
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 55
I went to check in to my flight from Ko Samui home and found that I had been upgraded on my flight tomorrow from BKK to LHR ffrom WT to Club which was a very nice surprise (and my first ever upgrade).
i think the the plane has been changed from 3 class to 4 class which may explain it. But for whatever reason it will make the flight home from my holiday so much nicer.
i think the the plane has been changed from 3 class to 4 class which may explain it. But for whatever reason it will make the flight home from my holiday so much nicer.
Jun 24, 2018, 11:07 am
#1507
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lincolnshire, UK
Programs: BA GGL - maybe only briefly!
Posts: 1,378
Got an unexpected upgrade to CE on Friday. It was looking like a full flight (we had the message and en email from BA informing us of that, and suggesting we checked in our carry-on baggage at desk whatever, prior to security - only snag was that we had gone through security sometime earlier which you would think the system would have realised - but that's another story).
Anyway, idly checking expertflyer in the lounge, I got this loading, with our 2 seats X'd out (10A/B):
Thought it a bit odd, but didn't glance at the BA app until waiting at the gate to see we had been moved up to row 3. There was a bit of faff at the gate with a gate agent who eventually produced a couple of paper BPs for the new seats. So, having grazed our way through a late breakfast and an early lunch in the lounge it would have been rude not to have another small drink on the aircraft!
Any idea why our original seats would show as blocked - would it be crew?
Anyway, idly checking expertflyer in the lounge, I got this loading, with our 2 seats X'd out (10A/B):
Thought it a bit odd, but didn't glance at the BA app until waiting at the gate to see we had been moved up to row 3. There was a bit of faff at the gate with a gate agent who eventually produced a couple of paper BPs for the new seats. So, having grazed our way through a late breakfast and an early lunch in the lounge it would have been rude not to have another small drink on the aircraft!
Any idea why our original seats would show as blocked - would it be crew?
Jun 24, 2018, 11:45 am
#1508
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond *, IHG, Couples Romance Rewards
Posts: 2,351
Got an unexpected upgrade to CE on Friday. It was looking like a full flight (we had the message and en email from BA informing us of that, and suggesting we checked in our carry-on baggage at desk whatever, prior to security - only snag was that we had gone through security sometime earlier which you would think the system would have realised - but that's another story).
Anyway, idly checking expertflyer in the lounge, I got this loading, with our 2 seats X'd out (10A/B):
Thought it a bit odd, but didn't glance at the BA app until waiting at the gate to see we had been moved up to row 3. There was a bit of faff at the gate with a gate agent who eventually produced a couple of paper BPs for the new seats. So, having grazed our way through a late breakfast and an early lunch in the lounge it would have been rude not to have another small drink on the aircraft!
Any idea why our original seats would show as blocked - would it be crew?
Anyway, idly checking expertflyer in the lounge, I got this loading, with our 2 seats X'd out (10A/B):
Thought it a bit odd, but didn't glance at the BA app until waiting at the gate to see we had been moved up to row 3. There was a bit of faff at the gate with a gate agent who eventually produced a couple of paper BPs for the new seats. So, having grazed our way through a late breakfast and an early lunch in the lounge it would have been rude not to have another small drink on the aircraft!
Any idea why our original seats would show as blocked - would it be crew?
Jun 24, 2018, 1:55 pm
#1510
Moderator, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges, and Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold; Flying Blue Life Platinum; LH Sen.; Hilton Diamond; Kemal Kebabs Prized Customer
Posts: 63,809
Singles certainly have the better chance of an upgrade, but normally speaking if BA does an operational upgrade all the passengers on the booking will be upgraded. It may not be so obvious from the anecdotes above, but I think you can assume that many of them will be couples and some will be family groups. The highest status triggers the upgrade (to simplify a complex discussion) but the fact that others in the booking perhaps do not have status will still allow for the upgrade to happen. Clearly having (e.g.) 2 Gold cardholders simply increases the chance of it happening, but still upgrades can and do go to Bronze + Blue.
Jun 24, 2018, 2:15 pm
#1511
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond *, IHG, Couples Romance Rewards
Posts: 2,351
we've been upgraded as a couple 4 times in the last two years, thrice to first from club and once from wt+ to club (although that was on 2 separate bookings). It probably helps that i'm gold and she is silver
Jun 24, 2018, 2:40 pm
#1512
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London, ARN, HEL, ..... or MAN
Programs: BA GGL / GFL, Mucci Diamond!, HH Diamond, Radisson Premium, IHG Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 5,900
We have four times been upgraded as a family of 4:
CW-F, ET-CE twice and Economy-Business on Dragonair.
It's a nice feeling to see the family benefitting from me hardly ever being at home
CW-F, ET-CE twice and Economy-Business on Dragonair.
It's a nice feeling to see the family benefitting from me hardly ever being at home
Jun 25, 2018, 12:43 am
#1513
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: US/UK - and elsewhere
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,557
Singles certainly have the better chance of an upgrade, but normally speaking if BA does an operational upgrade all the passengers on the booking will be upgraded. It may not be so obvious from the anecdotes above, but I think you can assume that many of them will be couples and some will be family groups. The highest status triggers the upgrade (to simplify a complex discussion) but the fact that others in the booking perhaps do not have status will still allow for the upgrade to happen. Clearly having (e.g.) 2 Gold cardholders simply increases the chance of it happening, but still upgrades can and do go to Bronze + Blue.
Jun 25, 2018, 12:57 am
#1514
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lincolnshire, UK
Programs: BA GGL - maybe only briefly!
Posts: 1,378
Jun 25, 2018, 2:06 am
#1515
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: DUBLIN & LCY
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Dimond Amb
Posts: 131
I was upgraded ET>CE from LHR to DUB again last week, I fly a DUB>LON return each week, and have had an upgrade on at least one leg around 4 out of the last 8 weeks. I'm happy to accept the upgrade but it seems odd that it happens so often.
Also as I need the TPs to retain Gold, I would on occasions rather pay for the upgrade.
Also as I need the TPs to retain Gold, I would on occasions rather pay for the upgrade.