Jan 14, 2015, 7:42 am
Last edit by: riced
Let's put this in a wiki post!
Please include: route; original class - new class; original price paid; final price; where the upgrade was obtained [via bid or at check-in]; month of flight.First Letter of your last name.
Please include: route; original class - new class; original price paid; final price; where the upgrade was obtained [via bid or at check-in]; month of flight.First Letter of your last name.
- AUH-SYD and MEL-AUH, J-F both at $1250 AUD.
- NRT-AUH Y-J $950USD or ¥110,000JPY offered at check in.
- AUH-DEL AU$150
- IST-AUH AU$400.
- JFK-AUH Y-J US$1,400 at check-in.
- JFK-AUH Y-J US$1,180.
- AUH-JFK Y-J US$1,150 (March 2015).
- JFK-AUH Y-J US$1,100 (April 2015)
- AUH-GRU J-F AED2575 (€650; US$700) minimum upgrade bid accepted (April 2015)
- SYD-AUH J-F A380 US$1,050 $50 above min bid. (October 2015)
Offered a paid upgrade
May 19, 2019, 4:03 am
#512
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 230
Upgrade offer accepted @-18hrs
Have been reading the thread and just thought I’d add my experience today flying EY AUH-BKK. I offered just above the minimum bid (around £380) and thought it had been declined as I had not heard anything, but the offer was accepted with around 18hrs to go before the flight.
Jul 18, 2019, 8:47 pm
#513
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Tokyo
Programs: *G (NH); OWS (JL); STE (KE)
Posts: 35
Upgrade offer accepted @ ~48 hours
Very long time lurker, first time poster as I thought it's about time I contributed. Flying EY407 BKK-AUH on 21 JUL and offered 45,000JPY (approx. 420 USD / 335GBP) to upgrade Y --> J.
My bid was accepted approximately 48 hours before departure. The bid was slightly above minimum (firmly in the red on EY's bid scale online) and I was fully expecting it to be rejected. The acceptance email early this morning took me by surprise. I'm looking forward to getting some sleep on this red-eye
My bid was accepted approximately 48 hours before departure. The bid was slightly above minimum (firmly in the red on EY's bid scale online) and I was fully expecting it to be rejected. The acceptance email early this morning took me by surprise. I'm looking forward to getting some sleep on this red-eye
Jul 18, 2019, 9:03 pm
#514
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 230
My bids just above minimum in similar price range to yours were excepted AUH-BKK a few hours before departure and BKK-AUH a few days before. Always a risk but turned out well for me on both segments.
Jul 21, 2019, 3:51 am
#517
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 22
Bid just over 2000 AED (545 USD) for EY85 AUH-FCO on 5 July. I bid about 4-5 days before departure and got an e-mail about 3 days before departure saying I had been outbid.
I was invited to place a new bid of 2900-odd AED to be in "first place." I didn't bother. My guess is that bids tend to be higher on the night flights...
Does first place mean winning? Or literally first place? Any idea how many upgrades are available? I don't want to be in first place - I want to be the lowest successful bid!
I was invited to place a new bid of 2900-odd AED to be in "first place." I didn't bother. My guess is that bids tend to be higher on the night flights...
Does first place mean winning? Or literally first place? Any idea how many upgrades are available? I don't want to be in first place - I want to be the lowest successful bid!
Aug 4, 2019, 5:54 pm
#518
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Tokyo
Programs: *G (NH); OWS (JL); STE (KE)
Posts: 35
Sadly my bid of 45,000 JPY (approx. 420 USD / 335 GBP) for EY406 AUH-BKK on 31 JUL was rejected but a seat in "economy space" made the overnight flight quite comfortable. These "economy space" seats will be my new "go to" whenever traveling in EY economy.
Aug 13, 2019, 10:28 am
#519
Join Date: Aug 2014
Programs: QR Silver, TK Elite+, Accor Gold, Mariott Platinum Elite, Hilton Diamond and IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 218
I was offered bid upgrades from 50€ up to 170€ on 1:00 hour AirSerbia fligt between Dubrovnik and Belgrade (DBV - BEG). Since I have Lounge Acess card I think is not worth it to pay for upgrade. What do you think?