The ultimate thread on buy-ups at OLCI
Mar 23, 2023, 4:12 pm
#3061
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: AMS
Programs: KL Platinum
Posts: 95
JNB-AMS €579 or 82000 miles. Same price for Silver and Platinum. Flight was full in Y, with 7 or so seats available in C until departure. After departure there were still 4 or 5 seats in C available. Cash and miles wasn't offered neither online nor onboard, it was full payment either in € or in miles.
Mar 28, 2023, 3:33 pm
#3064
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Norway & Brazil
Programs: Flying Blue Ultimate, LATAM Black, ALL Platinum, Hertz Platinum
Posts: 610
Mar 31, 2023, 4:36 am
#3065
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Somewhere between BHX and HUY
Programs: Flying Blue Plat, Eurobonus Silver, ALL Gold
Posts: 1,674
Bear in mind the offer is rarely proactive, you should try to change your seat on the app and you'll see immediately if other cabins are available to select.
Mar 31, 2023, 12:01 pm
#3066
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: CMN,DXB,CDG
Programs: Flying Blue Platinum
Posts: 764
Does the Weekend card impact one's ability to get those offers? Perhaps because it's considered one of the lower fare buckets?
I used to get an OLCI upgrade offer on 40-50% of my medium-haul flights (took perhaps 1 out of 5), but none (not seldom, but really zero) since I purchased the card about 9 months ago.
I used to get an OLCI upgrade offer on 40-50% of my medium-haul flights (took perhaps 1 out of 5), but none (not seldom, but really zero) since I purchased the card about 9 months ago.
Mar 31, 2023, 12:08 pm
#3067
Join Date: Jun 2020
Programs: FlyingBlue
Posts: 2,424
Does the Weekend card impact one's ability to get those offers? Perhaps because it's considered one of the lower fare buckets?
I used to get an OLCI upgrade offer on 40-50% of my medium-haul flights (took perhaps 1 out of 5), but none (not seldom, but really zero) since I purchased the card about 9 months ago.
I used to get an OLCI upgrade offer on 40-50% of my medium-haul flights (took perhaps 1 out of 5), but none (not seldom, but really zero) since I purchased the card about 9 months ago.
I started to wonder, after the NDPU purgatory, whether AF started black-listing pax altogether. I was going to start a new thread here to get some feedback.
But yesterday, I finally got an OLCI offer. Granted, it was on irrops and the plane was only 25% full… But it was there.
So maybe it’s just that loads are so high these days that upgrade offers are getting even more scarce than pre-Covid.
Last edited by maalloc; Mar 31, 2023 at 1:18 pm
Apr 1, 2023, 1:00 am
#3068
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: CMN,DXB,CDG
Programs: Flying Blue Platinum
Posts: 764
Interesting, I was having similar thoughts lately because I haven’t seen an OLCI upgrade for the past 10-15 flights.
I started to wonder, after the NDPU purgatory, whether AF started black-listing pax altogether. I was going to start a new thread here to get some feedback.
But yesterday, I finally got an OLCI offer. Granted, it was on irrops and the plane was only 25% full… But it was there.
So maybe it’s just that loads are so high these days that upgrade offers are getting even more scarce than pre-Covid.
I started to wonder, after the NDPU purgatory, whether AF started black-listing pax altogether. I was going to start a new thread here to get some feedback.
But yesterday, I finally got an OLCI offer. Granted, it was on irrops and the plane was only 25% full… But it was there.
So maybe it’s just that loads are so high these days that upgrade offers are getting even more scarce than pre-Covid.
I always travel with the wife, on the same R/T flight every time (to/from CMN, which is usually J-heavy, so perhaps the combination of 2 PAX, the route, and the current load factors may indeed affect it altogether.
Also I realise I actually posted my initial comment in the wrong thread. This referred to AF, not KL (sorry
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Apr 2, 2023, 3:24 am
#3070
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Paris, France
Programs: AF/KL Flying Blue Platinum for life/Club2000 Ultimate, Accor ALL Diamond
Posts: 21,927
Apr 3, 2023, 10:15 am
#3071
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: OSL
Posts: 275
TRD-AMS upgrade from Y to C available for €59. I do consider the offer since I have an 3 hour layover (onward to JFK).
But, do I get lounge access and SkyPriority during my connection in AMS when only upgrading my inbound flight?
But, do I get lounge access and SkyPriority during my connection in AMS when only upgrading my inbound flight?