i've gotten quite a few back in the day including one from première to first in 2008....but just one over the last couple of years....

I guess mostly it is the plat's who get it.. i traveled with them extensively in 2005- 2007 and then in 2009-2010.. though somehow I never managed to hit as much as the Silver status, due to my erratic schedule, but then too never got any op up.. infact one time, in not so distant past (read May 2012), I had to sit down and explain the check in agent how a voucher works, for me to get an upgrade..!!!

This year, have been flying CCU - BKK - CCU sector a lot ( already more than 20 round trips ).. this sector is full of traders / courier traffic and many of the flights are full in Y..I have got up-up's IIRC 7-8 times in ~ 40 flights in this route as of now..
Though I am only still a Gold, ( started this year with a Blue Plus), I guess I was given upgrades because all ( 99%) of other pax were traders who fly 2-3 round trips a week and are hence ofcourse Plat but the staff would rather take vouchers from them than give them Op-ups :)..
Once when travelling with family, I gave them 1 voucher and then upgraded both of us , so that was good too..

Guess CCU BKK CCU sector is a different story altogether..

on a side subject, can someone tell me, that if I book a ticket through Jet Miles and later cancel the ticket, what is the charge for it ? do they refund the miles with some minimum charge, or is the entire miles down the drain ? and do they charge something in cash also ?

Yup , this sector and I believe also MAA - CCU - MAA sector ( which TG flies) is totally different that any other intl sectors IME..

Details on award cancellations here..
http://www.jetairways.com/EN/IN/Term...Privilege.aspx

10.3.6 A processing fee of 500 JPMiles will be charged for a Jet Award ticket cancelled more than one hour before the departure of the flight in case of travel within India and more than 3 hours before departure incase of international travel.
However, this cancellation fee is waived for our JetPrivilege Platinum and Gold members.
In addition, a Transaction Fee of Rs.150/- will be payable per ticket, per guest / passenger. This Transaction Fee is applicable to all JetPrivilege members, irrespective of the tier. Pls refer to the heading “Transaction Fees” on this page, for more information.

To any of you who have successfully used this feature - what COS does the new seat book into? D-class or I/P-class?

So I got this in the mail for a flight I'm taking to BLR tomorrow..

I'm guessing maybe this is cause the J cabin is completely empty.. Will be interesting to see how many people bite and take the upgrade tomorrow.

I'm still wondering what class it books into...

whats the rooute -- GOA to BLR ?5k seems expensive as BKK - CCU charges 4.5k

Yup Goa-Blore.. Y tickets are priced at 4k one way so add 5k to that and it works out to 9k which is pretty the standard J pricing.

Stupid expensive. I would've taken it if it was 2-2.5k. Maybe I'll go to the CI counter tomorrow and try to negotiate :P

the MRS availed of this last week on BLR-DEL.. she was asked for 4K and got booked in P

At least that's decent...

Yes they do.

I received an email from them a day prior to my KWI-BOM flight offering an upgrade of USD 150.

But the link didn't work properly.

I showed the email at the counter, paid the USD150, and got on Premiere.

But I didn't get the cabin bonus miles. Am I supposed to?

Paid 2k for a HYD-BOM flight.. Got booked into D. Great VFM imho.

Nope.. You will only get miles as per original class of booking..

I'm flying DAC-CCU today. I was emailed a few times regarding paying for an upgrade. I was offered a price of BDT 13,000 to upgrade. My original ticket was BDT 8,000, or at the time, only BDP 15,000 for Premiere. Ridiculous pricing, especialy on a 30 minunte flight.