Dec 31, 2015, 9:10 am
Last edit by: EsherFlyer
2016 POUG rate tracker
Please add your own successful results to the follow list including the month/year when the POUG was offered to you.
UPDATED TO: Post #259
POUGs are offered via BA.com and the App Manage My Booking via a distinctive banner (example from MMB below). You cannot get a POUG by telephoning, however the service centres can complete a POUG which falls over mid transaction. They are offered on cash and Avios redemptions but typically not on complex routings, BA Holidays or travel agency bookings until OLCI stage. POUGs on Avios redemptions won't get you additional TPs/Avios, but they will on revenue tickets.
Short haul routes from LON to/from Europe
A price in pounds indicates a ticket issued from London, other currencies indicate prices for tickets issued overseas (e.g. singles or returns originating from CDG priced in Euros). Multiple prices indicate a range of fares are on offer. Note that LCY prices currently seem to be on a different basis to LGW and LHR (cheaper, in other words).
Long haul routes from LON to North America
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
Long haul routes from LON to South America and the Caribbean
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
Long haul routes from LON to Asia
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
Long haul routes from LON to Australia and Oceania
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
Long haul routes from LON to Africa and Middle East
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
Long haul routes to LON
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
POUG terms and conditions can be found by clicking here.
Please add your own successful results to the follow list including the month/year when the POUG was offered to you.
UPDATED TO: Post #259
POUGs are offered via BA.com and the App Manage My Booking via a distinctive banner (example from MMB below). You cannot get a POUG by telephoning, however the service centres can complete a POUG which falls over mid transaction. They are offered on cash and Avios redemptions but typically not on complex routings, BA Holidays or travel agency bookings until OLCI stage. POUGs on Avios redemptions won't get you additional TPs/Avios, but they will on revenue tickets.
Short haul routes from LON to/from Europe
A price in pounds indicates a ticket issued from London, other currencies indicate prices for tickets issued overseas (e.g. singles or returns originating from CDG priced in Euros). Multiple prices indicate a range of fares are on offer. Note that LCY prices currently seem to be on a different basis to LGW and LHR (cheaper, in other words).
- ACE -
- AGP – £89 (Jan 2016, ex LCY), £79 (Feb 2016, LCY)
- AMS - £109 (LHR Dec 2015 - both ways for Jan 2016), £79 from LGW (Jan 2016, Jul 2016), £69 for LCY (Jan 2016, Mar 2016), £109 (Mar 2016) ex LHR
- AMS - £79 (Jan 2015, Feb 2016) ex LGW - return also offered
- ANE - £69 (Mar 2016) ex LCY
- ARN - £109 (Feb 2016), £109 (Aug 2016), £100 (Aug 2016), SEK 1035 / £89 (Dec 2016)
- ATH - £109 / €300 to LHR (Nov 2015), £179 (Feb 2016, May 2016)
- BCN – €140 to LHR (Dec 2015), €109 from LGW (Feb 2016), £120 from LHR (Aug 2016), £129 from LHR (Dec 2016)
- BGO - £79 (Dec 2015)
- BOD -
- BRI -
- BRU - £129 (Jan 2016), €130 (Dec 2016)
- BSL - CHF 190 (Sep 2015, Feb 2016)
- BUD - £149 both ways (Jan 2016)
- CDG - £89 (Dec 2015), €115 for CDG-LHR (Sep 2016)
- CHQ - £245 (Dec 2016 for Sept 2017)
- CMF -
- CPH - £129 (LHR, Jan 2016), £110 (LHR, Nov 2016, avios booking)
- CTA -
- DBV - £89 LGW (Nov 2015)
- DUB – €119 (to LHR, Dec 2015), £119 each way (Feb'16 for July '16), £119 (Feb for Nov 16) £119 each way (Mar 2016) £110 (dropped from £119 Jul 16)
- DUS - £129 (Mar 2016, April 2016) £90 DUS-LHR (Aug 2016)
- FCO - €109 (to LGW, Jan 2016) / £199 (to/from LHR, Mar 2016)
- FRA - £109 (Nov 2015) / €145 (to LHR, Dec 2015) / €79 (to LCY, Jul 2016) / £50 (from LHR, Aug 2016)
- GIB - £149 (May 2016)
- GOT – SEK 990/GBP 76 (Oct 2015)
- GVA - £129 (Jan 2016) £125 (Offered Sept'16 for Apr'17)
- HAJ - £90 (Jan 2017) £99 HAJ-LHR (Jan 2017)
- HAM - £79 both ways (Sep 15 from HBO) £110 both ways (April 2016)
- HEL – €160 both ways (Mar 2016)
- IBZ - £69 both ways (June 2016)
- INN –
- IST - £150 (May 2015, IST-LHR) £179 (Feb 2016, LHR-IST and Dec 2016, IST-LHR)
- JER - £79 (Nov 2015)
- KBP - £124 (Feb 2016)
- KEF - £240 (Nov 2016)
- LCA – £176. LCA-LHR (APR 2016)
- LED - £189 (Oct 2015)
- LIN – £189 (Nov 2015, Feb 2016)
- LIS – £145 (Jul 2015 & Jan 2016) £159 (Jul 2016; Jan 2016 from HBO)
- LPA -
- LUX - £139 for LUX-LHR (Jan 2016 from HBO), £105 for LHR-LUX and £139 for LUX-LHR (Nov 2016)
- LYS - £120 LHR-LYS (Dec 2016)
- MAD - €89 MAD-LCY (Feb 2016), £79 LCY-MAD (Jan 2016). £79 MAD-LHR (Feb 2016) £79 each way (May 2016)
- MAH -
- MLA - €119 (Oct 2015)
- MUC - £109 (Sep 2015 from HBO, also for Aug 2016, semi flex fare)
- MJV - £70 (Nov 2016 from HBO, for Mar 17)
- MRS - £110 (Nov 2016 from HBO Weekend Daytrip), £109 (Nov 2016 from MRS-LHR from HBO, Weekend Daytrip ex LHR)
- MXP - £189 (Jun, Jul 2016, from Sunday Daytrip)
- NCE - €145 (Jan 2016), €109 (Feb 2016, LGW), £135 (July 2016)
- ORY - €115 (Jan 2016), £89 (Feb 2016), €115 (March 2016) £82 (October 2016)
- OSL - £159 (Dec 2015, Apr 2016), NOK 1175/£95 (Feb 2016)
- OTP - £239 (Jan 2017)
- PFO - £119 (Sep 2015)
- PMI - €205 (Oct 2015, Mar 2016, LHR) €79 (Jul 16, to LCY, from HBO), £69, Jan 17 to LCY from HBO)
- PRG - £149 (Dec 2015)
- PSA - £89 (Oct 2015)
- RTM -
- SOF - £13 (Aug 2016)
- SVG - £99 / NOK 720 (Dec 2015),
- SZG -
- TIA –
- TXL – £100 (Aug 2016, Sep 2016, Dec 2016) / £120 (To LHR, Aug 2016) / £100 (Sep 2016 / £129 (to LHR, Sep 2016)
- UIP -
- VCE - €109 (to LGW, Feb 2016)
- VIE – £179 (Feb 2016), £159 (Apr 2016)
- VRN - €109 (Feb 2016 & Mar 2016)
- WAW - £139 (Oct 2015) / 475 PLN (£79) (Oct 2015)
- ZAG - €130 ZAG-LHR Nov 2015
- ZRH – £119 (Jan, Apr 2016) / £69 (from LCY Jan 2016) £69 (From LCY April 2016) both ways
Long haul routes from LON to North America
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- AUS - WTP $229 (Nov 2015), CW £473 (Feb 2015)
- BOS - WTP $189 (Apr 2015), CW $765 (Mar 2016)
- DFW - CW $850 (Feb 2016)
- EWR - WTP $256 (Jan 2016) see also JFK
- JFK – WTP £147 (Jan and Apr 2015), WTP £189 (Mar 2016) see also EWR
- IAD – WTP $288 (Jan 2015)
- LAS – WTP £198 (Aug 2015)
- LAX - CW £540 (Feb 2015)
- MEX - CW £422 (Apr 2016)
- MIA - WTP £198 (Feb 2016)
- ORD - CW £473 (Nov 2015)
- PHL - CW $750 (Feb 2016), CW £525 (Feb 2016)
- SFO – WTP $310 (Nov 2015), CW £480 (Jan 2016) CW $760/$855/$950 (all offered Apr 2016), CW $775 (Dec 2016, down from $855 last week)
- YUL – CW £405 (Jan 2015)
- YYZ - CW GBP 350 (Jun 2015) WT+ £168 (Aug 2016)
Long haul routes from LON to South America and the Caribbean
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- BGI -WTP £180 (Oct 2016)
Long haul routes from LON to Asia
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- BKK - WTP £229 / £240 (Aug 2016), CW £549 (Aug 2016)
- BOM –WTP £168 (Dec 2015)
- HKG - WTP £207 (Jan 2015), CW £480 (Apr 2016)
- ICN - WTP £152 (Sep 2016)
- KUL - F £649 (Feb 2016)
- NRT - WTP £207 (Apr 2015)
- PEK - WTP £165 (Apr 2016)
- PVG – WTP £165 (Mar 2016), CW £440 (Jan 2015)
- SIN - CW £440 (Jan 2016)
Long haul routes from LON to Australia and Oceania
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- LHR-SYD – WTP £159 (Apr 2015)
Long haul routes from LON to Africa and Middle East
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- CPT – WTP £92 (April 2016)
- DXB – WTP £150 (Jan 2015) WT+ £170 (Feb 2017) WT+ £136 (Nov 16)
- DXB – CW £499 (Feb 2015) CW £450 (Nov 16)
- JNB - WTP £229 (Feb 2016)
- KWI – WTP £150 (Jan 2015)
- RAK - CE £99 (Dec 2015)
- TLV - WTP £153 (Apr 2015)
- TLV - WTP $270 (Jun 2016)
- TLV - CW £120 (Sept 2015)
Long haul routes to LON
(price shown from lower cabin to mentioned cabin, e.g. WTP means price to POUG from WT to WTP):
- BGI - WTP £199 (Oct 2016)
- BOS - WTP $189 (Apr 2015), F $850 then $763 (Nov 2015), CW $680 (Mar 2016)
- BOM - CW £499 (July 2016)
- DME - WTP £145 (Nov 2015, Apr 2016)
- DXB – CW £499 (Jan 2015) WT to WT+ £170 (Feb 2017) (Redemption)
- DXB – CW £299 (Nov 2015)
- EWR - CW £473 (Sep 2016) see also JFK
- GIG – F £447 (Jan 2015), CW £399 (Aug 2016)
- HKG – WTP £161 (Jan 2015)
- HKG - CW £540 (Mar 2015)
- HKG - CW £599 (Mar 2015 for travel in April, also offered for May 2016)
- IAD - WTP £185 (Apr 2015), WTP $249 (Jan 2016), WTP £120 (April 2016), CW $760 (Sept 2016)
- JFK – WTP £168 (Jan 2015), F £508 (Dec 2015), F $999 (Jan 2016) see also EWR
- JNB - CW £456 (Feb 2016), CW £510 (Nov 2016)
- LAX - CW £599 (Apr 2016)
- MCO - WTP £170 (Mar 2016)
- MEX - CW £447 (Apr 2016)
- MIA - WTP £176 (Nov 2015)
- ORD - WTP £189 (Feb 2016), CW GBP 473 (Nov 2015) increased to GBP 525 in 4 hours.
- PEK - WTP £198 (Apr 2016), CW GBP 549 (Aug 2015)
- SEA - WT GBP 207 (Feb 2016)
- SFO – WTP $310 (Nov 2015)
- SFO – CW £599 (Jan 2016)
- SFO - F USD$950, then $875 (Feb 2016)
- SFO - F USD$855 (Nov 2016)
- SIN – CW £549 (Mar 2015, Feb 2016)
- SIN – WTP £198 (Jun 2015)
- SIN – WTP SGD250/£138 (Sep 2016)
- SYD – CW £500 (Jan 2015)
- TLV - WTP $240 (Jun 2016)
- YUL - WTP £180 (Jun 2016)
- YYC - WTP £189 (Aug 2016)
- YYZ - CW GBP 450 (Jun 2015)
- YYZ – CW C$723 (Nov 2015)
- YYZ - WTP GBP 189 (Jun 2015) (July 2016)
- YVR - F CAD 900 (Mar 2016)
POUG terms and conditions can be found by clicking here.
Pro-active Online Upgrade (POUG) tracking and discussion | 2016 thread
Oct 24, 2016, 2:16 pm
#586
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Spalding
Programs: BA Bronze,Accor.Flightdiary.net/liamvad
Posts: 667
Offered: LUX-LHR £139:00 obviously refused,short flight,toooo much.
Oct 24, 2016, 4:50 pm
#587
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: BA Executive Club Gold
Posts: 10
LHR-Istanbul
First post on this forum after much lurking 
Over the past 3 months I've consistently been offered CE for £125 LHR-IST and £179 IST-LHR. £125 seems ok value for 80 tier points (up from 10 on a cheap ET fare). However when I went to accept the upgrade offer on the latest occassion (23rd Oct), I kept getting an error message saying 'can't process online, contact the call centre'. When I did that, I was told they couldn't do it over the phone as it was an online only offer. Frustrating! Ended up taking an AUP for £140 as I wanted the tier points.
Also, back on 26th August, I received an offer for CE from IST-LHR for £33! Nabbed that one. Assume because it was a full flight.
Over the past 3 months I've consistently been offered CE for £125 LHR-IST and £179 IST-LHR. £125 seems ok value for 80 tier points (up from 10 on a cheap ET fare). However when I went to accept the upgrade offer on the latest occassion (23rd Oct), I kept getting an error message saying 'can't process online, contact the call centre'. When I did that, I was told they couldn't do it over the phone as it was an online only offer. Frustrating! Ended up taking an AUP for £140 as I wanted the tier points.
Also, back on 26th August, I received an offer for CE from IST-LHR for £33! Nabbed that one. Assume because it was a full flight.
Oct 24, 2016, 4:55 pm
#588
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: BA Executive Club Gold
Posts: 10
Baltimore?
Anyone had experience receiving a poug from WT+ to CW from LHR to Baltimore (BWI)? Flying early Nov. I have a surface sector (returning via IAD) - not sure if that ruins my chances? Thanks
Oct 25, 2016, 12:08 am
#589
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Priority Spire, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 176
ARN - LHR
ARN - LHR £109 (A321 with old 2:1 flat bed configuration :-) )
Obviously took it, what a great product.
Obviously took it, what a great product.
Oct 25, 2016, 12:56 am
#590
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA, U2+, SK, AF/KL, IHG, Hilton, others gathering dust...
Posts: 2,552
Welcome to FlyerTalk Luke01, please continue to post. Don't have any experience with BWI and there is nothing currently in the Wiki, but your suspicions are likely to be correct about your surface sector. It may be possible, but I've never had a POUG offer with an open jaw booking, even on routes where I get them regularly on straight singles or returns. Connecting flights and open jaws tend to severely reduce the likelihood of an offer.
Oct 25, 2016, 2:00 pm
#591
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: BA Executive Club Gold
Posts: 10
Welcome to FlyerTalk Luke01, please continue to post. Don't have any experience with BWI and there is nothing currently in the Wiki, but your suspicions are likely to be correct about your surface sector. It may be possible, but I've never had a POUG offer with an open jaw booking, even on routes where I get them regularly on straight singles or returns. Connecting flights and open jaws tend to severely reduce the likelihood of an offer.
Oct 25, 2016, 2:07 pm
#592
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Cambridge UK
Programs: BA silver,
Posts: 254
Lhr mad £109 11/16
mad lcy £79 11/16
mad lcy £79 11/16
Oct 27, 2016, 7:52 am
#593
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Silver, Skywards Silver
Posts: 102
LHR - BCN £120 offered 11/16
Oct 31, 2016, 9:13 am
#594
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 72
SAN-LHR Was just offered £300 WTP->CW
Seems pretty good?!
Seems pretty good?!
Oct 31, 2016, 9:15 am
#595
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,546
Oct 31, 2016, 4:34 pm
#596
Join Date: Aug 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold / OW Emerald
Posts: 142
SORRY - JUST REALISED THIS SHOULD BE IN THE AUP thread ...
Japan - October 2016
Haneda (HND) to London Heathrow (LHR). WTP > CW
100,000 Yen which equals approx 785 GBP at today's exchange rate.
Even though expensive took up the offer as I was already travelling in CW booked by work and o/h was in WTP and it was nice to travel together on a 11hour plus flight - something we rarely get to do together.
Japan - October 2016
Haneda (HND) to London Heathrow (LHR). WTP > CW
100,000 Yen which equals approx 785 GBP at today's exchange rate.
Even though expensive took up the offer as I was already travelling in CW booked by work and o/h was in WTP and it was nice to travel together on a 11hour plus flight - something we rarely get to do together.
Nov 1, 2016, 2:58 am
#597
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold, CX Gold (OW Sapphire), Hilton Gold, SPG Gold, Accor Platinum
Posts: 1,476
Three data points:
- LHR-CPH: £110 (31 Oct 2016, ET to CE)
- MAD-LCY: £79 (Nov 2016, ET to CE)
- LHR-FRA: £50 (Dec 2016, ET to CE)
- LHR-CPH: £110 (31 Oct 2016, ET to CE)
- MAD-LCY: £79 (Nov 2016, ET to CE)
- LHR-FRA: £50 (Dec 2016, ET to CE)
Nov 1, 2016, 4:01 am
#598
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,546
Nov 1, 2016, 4:48 pm
#599
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, IHG Spire Ambassador, Le Club Platinum
Posts: 62
LGW - AMS (16 Dec): £79. Accepted mainly for the tier points.
It was a good deal considering the economy ticket was a hotline for single LGW - AMS as a positioning flight! Single leg in CE was around £300. £79 was on top of the £49 already paid!
It was a good deal considering the economy ticket was a hotline for single LGW - AMS as a positioning flight! Single leg in CE was around £300. £79 was on top of the £49 already paid!
Nov 5, 2016, 1:46 pm
#600
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Godalming, Surrey, UK.
Programs: Nowt of note.
Posts: 1,628
HAJ-LHR £99, ET-CE offered immediately after booking today (for flight next May).