Bidding for biz seats
Sep 12, 2018, 9:05 am
#123
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 31
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Hello there
Interested in upgrading to business from Economy comfort on the way back from Bkk to Man. Is the option to bid always available? On average what sort of bid can secure this upgrade and if there 2 x of us does this complicate things?
Many thanks
Interested in upgrading to business from Economy comfort on the way back from Bkk to Man. Is the option to bid always available? On average what sort of bid can secure this upgrade and if there 2 x of us does this complicate things?
Many thanks
Oct 7, 2018, 5:41 am
#125
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat
Posts: 3,157
Oct 12, 2018, 12:52 pm
#126
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: AY+, EVA, SPG/Marriot
Posts: 6
I wonder why they changed minimum bid from Shanghai flights?. I remember bidding HEL-PVG and PVG-HEL for 300e and even winning one or two times.. Then they changed minimum bid to be ~550e or so..
(which is usually same than price that you can buy upgrade at gate (if they have availability), so it really doesn't make any sense to bid..
Anyone has idea why they raised minimum bidding value? Could it be that class is always at maximum capacity and cheaper bids are not viable.. or because I have almost always seen asians at gate who want buy upgrade.
(which is usually same than price that you can buy upgrade at gate (if they have availability), so it really doesn't make any sense to bid..
Anyone has idea why they raised minimum bidding value? Could it be that class is always at maximum capacity and cheaper bids are not viable.. or because I have almost always seen asians at gate who want buy upgrade.
Oct 12, 2018, 8:02 pm
#127
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,745
I'd assume PVG is one of the J heavy routes, so there won't be much of an incentive for AY to sell cheap upgrades if they can fill the cabin with J-ticketed pax.
