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
Nov 20, 2016, 5:29 pm
#631
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, Avis Presidents Club
Posts: 357
LHR-SJC £229 for WT to WT+ (this was back in August, just remembered)
Took it, was an excellent call - I got 10hrs reading & working on laptop done
Took it, was an excellent call - I got 10hrs reading & working on laptop done
Nov 23, 2016, 3:37 am
#632
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Milton Keynes
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 202
LHR to LIN, £150 outbound, £189 return - Economy to CE upgrade each way. November '16.
Nov 25, 2016, 12:18 am
#633
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: DWC
Programs: OWS, *A G
Posts: 626
JNB-LHR WTP-CW £510 2 days after booking, 2 weeks before flight. No offer for the outbound.
Wiki updated.
Wiki updated.
Nov 26, 2016, 12:29 pm
#634
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: UK
Programs: IC Hotels Spire, BA Gold
Posts: 8,679
So I go to MMB for my LCY-FRA-LCY flight next week and see there is a £69 POUG offered. I need the TP's so try to book this but get:
Error
We regret that due to the nature of your booking we cannot change your booking on ba.com. Please contact your booking agent.
Trying multiple times over today gets the same message! Why is this?
The flight was booked (as usual) on ba.com, there is no "booking agent" involved and I am doing nothing different to that I always do for a POUG
Error
We regret that due to the nature of your booking we cannot change your booking on ba.com. Please contact your booking agent.
Trying multiple times over today gets the same message! Why is this?
The flight was booked (as usual) on ba.com, there is no "booking agent" involved and I am doing nothing different to that I always do for a POUG
Nov 27, 2016, 8:06 pm
#636
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: AUS
Programs: AA PLT
Posts: 82
AUS-LHR
AUS-LHR WT+ to CW: $765 one way. 5 Dec and return 11 Dec. Hoping to instead use Avios, no availability yet.
ETA - got my T-7 email today and clicking that link, the cash upgrade price is now $725. There are still 9+ seats in J, per expert flyer, so sti hoping upgrade capacity opens at least for outbound.
ETA - got my T-7 email today and clicking that link, the cash upgrade price is now $725. There are still 9+ seats in J, per expert flyer, so sti hoping upgrade capacity opens at least for outbound.
Last edited by kbins; Nov 28, 2016 at 7:27 pm
Dec 1, 2016, 4:44 pm
#637
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Diamond, BA Silver, IHG Spire, AMEX Plat
Posts: 640
LHR to DXB £127, DXB to LHR £180 so £307 Return Flights in March 17
Dec 1, 2016, 10:50 pm
#638
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 8
Dec 2016:
SJC->LHR CW $1230
LHR->SJC CW $810
Not sure this is an exciting deal yet..., the original WTP was $1330.
SJC->LHR CW $1230
LHR->SJC CW $810
Not sure this is an exciting deal yet..., the original WTP was $1330.
Dec 1, 2016, 10:56 pm
#639
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: near to SFO and LHR
Programs: BA Gold, B6 Mosiac, VS, AA, DL (and a legacy UA 2MM)
Posts: 2,275
Wrong "Selling Class" after POUG?
Hello
I accepted an upgrade offer for $855 one-way, from SFO->LHR, upgrading WTP to CW. The original selling class was T, but I notice now that the Selling Class is shown as "U". Is this correct? I thought "U" was used for award flights. The tier points "to be earned" for the whole flight shows as 230 which is correct (140+90).
Thanks
I accepted an upgrade offer for $855 one-way, from SFO->LHR, upgrading WTP to CW. The original selling class was T, but I notice now that the Selling Class is shown as "U". Is this correct? I thought "U" was used for award flights. The tier points "to be earned" for the whole flight shows as 230 which is correct (140+90).
Thanks
Dec 2, 2016, 3:51 am
#640
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA, U2+, SK, AF/KL, IHG, Hilton, others gathering dust...
Posts: 2,552
Hello
I accepted an upgrade offer for $855 one-way, from SFO->LHR, upgrading WTP to CW. The original selling class was T, but I notice now that the Selling Class is shown as "U". Is this correct? I thought "U" was used for award flights. The tier points "to be earned" for the whole flight shows as 230 which is correct (140+90).
Thanks
I accepted an upgrade offer for $855 one-way, from SFO->LHR, upgrading WTP to CW. The original selling class was T, but I notice now that the Selling Class is shown as "U". Is this correct? I thought "U" was used for award flights. The tier points "to be earned" for the whole flight shows as 230 which is correct (140+90).
Thanks
Dec 2, 2016, 1:13 pm
#641
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: near to SFO and LHR
Programs: BA Gold, B6 Mosiac, VS, AA, DL (and a legacy UA 2MM)
Posts: 2,275
Dec 3, 2016, 10:16 am
#642
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: At home
Programs: BA
Posts: 290
There doesn't appear to be any history of POUGs or AUPs for flights to Mle, as I'm travelling there at the end of Feb I was hoping for a miracle.
I imagine the loved up honeymooners will be using the higher cabins.
I imagine the loved up honeymooners will be using the higher cabins.
Dec 3, 2016, 3:20 pm
#643
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,508
£245 from ET to CE on LHR-CHQ route for next September (wiki updated)
Dec 4, 2016, 10:04 am
#644
Join Date: May 2006
Location: UK London / Salisbury
Programs: BA GGL, CCR, LTG
Posts: 543
Combined with KEF at £240 (wiki not updated: can somebody help with that)? Seems as though some of the long sector ET routes are now charging what seem very high prices for poug's. is this a new trend?
Dec 4, 2016, 11:54 am
#645
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 1,407
Offered and declined LHR MRS for £110, base hbo at about £60.