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Improvements to Gold Upgrade Voucher bookings
Following on from the thread this morning, about a trial for improvements to reward pricing, it seems BA snuck out another change last week - one of the team on the GGL line just confirmed to me that Gold Upgrade Vouchers can now be used on all bookings made direct with BA to upgrade one cabin to T, I or A class, with no requirement for award availability. Upgrades will be automatically approved if there is revenue availability in the higher class. This is a really great change and one that I’m sure many of us will benefit from. I have ten in my account that I need to find a use for so this can only help :D
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An actual genuine enhancement, Great news!
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Why am I always sceptical when BA rolls out something like this?.... maybe they will take it away from TAs? Maybe they will enhance it to one flight segment per Guf? Don’t know but it doesn’t add up... |
Originally Posted by nufnuf77
(Post 31249136)
Why am I always sceptical when BA rolls out something like this?.... maybe they will take it away from TAs? Maybe they will enhance it to one flight segment per Guf? Don’t know but it doesn’t add up... Incidetnally, the same benefit has also been extended to travel agencies. Propeller, for example, can now upgrade existing bookings using a GUF, where there is revenue availability in the higher booking class. |
Originally Posted by Filthy Monkey
(Post 31249152)
Propeller, for example, can now upgrade existing bookings using a GUF, where there is revenue availability in the higher booking class.
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Originally Posted by Filthy Monkey
(Post 31249098)
Following on from the thread this morning, about a trial for improvements to reward pricing, it seems BA snuck out another change last week - one of the team on the GGL line just confirmed to me that Gold Upgrade Vouchers can now be used on all bookings made direct with BA to upgrade one cabin to T, I or A class, with no requirement for award availability. Upgrades will be automatically approved if there is revenue availability in the higher class. This is a really great change and one that I’m sure many of us will benefit from. I have ten in my account that I need to find a use for so this can only help :D
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For GUF bookings with underlying cash tickets, yes, but Avios bookings will still require reward availability. I don’t know how this will apply to an underlying Avios booking using a GUF, but it would be great if it meant no reward availability was required! |
Originally Posted by Airprox
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If what you report in this thread is true then a large number of bookings will no longer need to go through them.
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Originally Posted by Filthy Monkey
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Yes, that’s correct, which, I’m sure Daniel will agree, is no bad thing! GUF bookings are incredibly labour intensive and even more so when changes are required. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5b10710742.png |
wowee a great improvement really. I imagine it would push people stuck on 2300 tp to make the effort for example.
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I suspect I'll be pushing to hit 2500 rather than 1500 now then... and once there, what's the extra 500? Lol.
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I wonder what the position will be on upgrades to First on Boston and Dubai routes where there now is no A fare, only F?
Despite the above query, looks like a good change. |
Originally Posted by nufnuf77
(Post 31249136)
Why am I always sceptical when BA rolls out something like this?.... maybe they will take it away from TAs? Maybe they will enhance it to one flight segment per Guf? Don’t know but it doesn’t add up... Does anyone have recent experience of using GUFs to F via a TA (or using a Joker to open award availability in F) on these routes (it was DXB and maybe BOS, can’t recall exactly right now)? Otherwise, this does seem like a good thing. |
Originally Posted by Oaxaca
(Post 31249330)
I do wonder if the experiment with the removal of A class on some routes would be extended, and if so, would that eliminate GUFs to F on said routes? Does anyone have recent experience of using GUFs to F via a TA (or using a Joker to open award availability in F) on these routes (it was DXB and maybe BOS, can’t recall exactly right now)? Otherwise, this does seem like a good thing. If this experiment spreads it’s not good news |
There have been a number of recent changes with very little communication and I can't help wondering whether they are all connected and leading to an overhaul of the programme in the medium term.
I'm also wondering whether this is linked in some way to the increase in airline fees for upgrades for CW-F using GUF from the USA. Perhaps the $200 charge to use my GUFs from here will be standard across the booking process yet with the removal of the need for redemption availability? That would at least give me some value for the extra $200 whereas at the moment it makes little sense on its own. |
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