Skywards blind auctions - for sports events
Oct 8, 2018, 8:53 am
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Skywards blind auctions - for sports events
Hello
Can someone please explain to me how the skywards blind auctions work? I would like to use some of my miles to, eg. go and watch PSG v Liverpool. If I bid, when will i know whether I have won? I can't find anything on the site that tells me! Clearly finding out a day or two before makes logistics rather challenging....?
thanks very much in advance.
Can someone please explain to me how the skywards blind auctions work? I would like to use some of my miles to, eg. go and watch PSG v Liverpool. If I bid, when will i know whether I have won? I can't find anything on the site that tells me! Clearly finding out a day or two before makes logistics rather challenging....?
thanks very much in advance.
Oct 9, 2018, 1:22 am
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The auction closes a month prior to the event, so you should be notified within a few days of that.
Jun 17, 2019, 5:37 am
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Any recent experiences of the Skywards blind auctions? How long before the auction results are communicated?
(I bid a not insignificant number of miles (for me at least) for Rubgy world cup tickets so obviously keen to know asap whether I should be locking in flights and accommodation)
(I bid a not insignificant number of miles (for me at least) for Rubgy world cup tickets so obviously keen to know asap whether I should be locking in flights and accommodation)
Jun 25, 2019, 9:12 am
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Jun 25, 2019, 10:29 pm
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Well, the auction closed on June 16th - why would they wait to confirm the winners?
I have spoken a couple of times with Skywards and had inconsistent responses (wait a few more days vs if you haven’t heard anything then you probably have not won) but nothing that gives me certainty either way.
Would hate to use the miles I bid for other purposes and then find out in a month that I won but no longer have enough miles to honor my bid!
I have spoken a couple of times with Skywards and had inconsistent responses (wait a few more days vs if you haven’t heard anything then you probably have not won) but nothing that gives me certainty either way.
Would hate to use the miles I bid for other purposes and then find out in a month that I won but no longer have enough miles to honor my bid!
Sep 1, 2019, 2:57 pm
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Just to close out my own question above.
The auction results came through in the third week of July, just over a month after the auction closed.
The general Skywards team does not seem up to speed on timelines so best to wait for a definitive e-mail from the Skywards Events team.
The auction results came through in the third week of July, just over a month after the auction closed.
The general Skywards team does not seem up to speed on timelines so best to wait for a definitive e-mail from the Skywards Events team.
