So - who got a free upgrade this week?
Nov 15, 2018, 1:38 am
#1666
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 246
On way to LHR now to join BA295, with free upgrade from WTP to CW.
Checked WTP cabin seat map on BA site a week ago, and was showing full. So I was hopeful, but not expectant.
This good news is easing my hangover slightly, knowing I'll be horizontal for 8 hours instead of upright.
Thanks, BA!
Checked WTP cabin seat map on BA site a week ago, and was showing full. So I was hopeful, but not expectant.
This good news is easing my hangover slightly, knowing I'll be horizontal for 8 hours instead of upright.
Thanks, BA!
Nov 15, 2018, 1:39 pm
#1668
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: EDI
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 466
Missed my connection to EDI after a late arrival into FRA on LH. Got rebooked via London on BA in CE. So additional 80TPs and €250 too. OK, not an upgrade - but I had to tell someone as my wife didn't care.
Nov 15, 2018, 3:45 pm
#1669
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,383
Nov 17, 2018, 4:24 am
#1670
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 36
WTP to CW
Got my first OP upgrade flying on BA226 (ATL-LHR) last night from WTP to CW. It was a nice surprise given that i was very close to missing the flight due to a late landing connection from DFW (didnt even pick it up until i saw that my original seat was taken in WTP!) Done quite a bit of flying this year in W and am only 150 TP's away from GCH. Hoping to 'need' another trip in W to the US in December to take me over the line but not certain yet. May end up needing to decide whether funding a 160TP flight is worth it to make gold for next year before my year ends in Dec. Hoping I don't need to have that conversation with OH.... lot of travel planned to US next year so probs worth it for GF and first check in.
Nov 17, 2018, 4:31 am
#1671
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: MSY (finally); previously NYC, BOS, AUH
Programs: AA EXP, 6MM; BA GLD
Posts: 17,236
Sorry, out of excitement I started a separate thread. New to BA Gold and was given a free J-to-F upgrade on BA 213 (744 LHR-BOS) today.
Nov 18, 2018, 3:51 am
#1672
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,881
Nov 18, 2018, 6:40 am
#1673
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: MSY (finally); previously NYC, BOS, AUH
Programs: AA EXP, 6MM; BA GLD
Posts: 17,236
Nov 22, 2018, 3:46 am
#1674
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Programs: BA Gold (ex-GGL, maybe future Silver), Hilton Diamond
Posts: 6,197
Dine on demand will really help my sleep patterns though.
(Edit: originally read that as ‘decent’ and not ‘deficient’ hence heavy editing).
Nov 23, 2018, 11:21 am
#1675
Join Date: May 2006
Location: UK London / Salisbury
Programs: BA GGL, CCR, LTG
Posts: 542
I must say, I used to frequently get J to F upgrades but haven’t now for two years or so. I think they have got so good at selling these that free op ups are now far less frequent. No complaints: they are squeezing more ŁŁ out of flights than before. I do consciously use BA less for long haul now and use a variety of other OW carriers as the reasonable frequency of upgrades used to keep me loyal but in the absence of that incentive, I prefer to diversify
Nov 30, 2018, 5:46 am
#1676
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,989
Upgraded yesterday from ET to row 1 of CE on a completely full and noisy BA0988 (LHR-TXL), and it was underwhelming. Meagre tomato and mozzarella salad and the tiniest, runniest banoffee pie I have ever encountered. It reinforced my feeling that I am doing the right thing by flying this route in ET every week.
Dec 2, 2018, 12:26 pm
#1678
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver (for now)
Posts: 1,000
Upgraded yesterday from ET to row 1 of CE on a completely full and noisy BA0988 (LHR-TXL), and it was underwhelming. Meagre tomato and mozzarella salad and the tiniest, runniest banoffee pie I have ever encountered. It reinforced my feeling that I am doing the right thing by flying this route in ET every week.
Dec 2, 2018, 12:29 pm
#1679
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver (for now)
Posts: 1,000