The ultimate thread on buy-ups at OLCI
Dec 27, 2018, 11:50 am
#2326
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: EDI
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Posts: 423
I am Flying Blue Platinum. Considering the time of year, it's certainly possible the flight would have been full.
Jan 3, 2019, 12:23 pm
#2331
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: PWM/CDG
Programs: AF/KL Plat, AA Plat, HH Diamond
Posts: 789
A puzzling one for me:
CDG-OSL EUR 109 (did not take, and no one did)
OLCI showed 8 J seats available, and there was an empty cabin with 8 J seats indeed.
However, Expertflyer reported the following availability: J1 C1 D1 Z0 Y4 M2 and then all 0. How does it make sense to offer these J seats for upgrade but not for sale?
CDG-OSL EUR 109 (did not take, and no one did)
OLCI showed 8 J seats available, and there was an empty cabin with 8 J seats indeed.
However, Expertflyer reported the following availability: J1 C1 D1 Z0 Y4 M2 and then all 0. How does it make sense to offer these J seats for upgrade but not for sale?
Jan 3, 2019, 12:56 pm
#2332
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: DCA/DSM/EBB
Posts: 14
upgrade via klm app?
I have an upcoming IAD-AMS-CPT on DL stock (and so far cannot use the KLM bidding system using KLM booking code) and would like to upgrade both segments if possible
Jan 3, 2019, 2:23 pm
#2333
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: AMS
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Posts: 306
I'm new to all this - could you expand a bit? Did you check in AND upgrade via the KLM app? Upgrade after OLCI via delta?
I have an upcoming IAD-AMS-CPT on DL stock (and so far cannot use the KLM bidding system using KLM booking code) and would like to upgrade both segments if possible
I have an upcoming IAD-AMS-CPT on DL stock (and so far cannot use the KLM bidding system using KLM booking code) and would like to upgrade both segments if possible
Jan 4, 2019, 1:05 am
#2334
Used to be guidogh
Join Date: Aug 2012
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Posts: 364
Jan 13, 2019, 2:47 am
#2339
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 14,352
CPH-AMS €69.-- or 17,300 miles.
So what exactly is the cash value of a mile here?
€69.-- is, by the way, the lowest price I've ever seen on this route.
For some reason they have no fewer than eight rows of J on this flight, so I was moved from EC row 6 to row 9 "for operational reasons".
I wonder what those operational reasons are, as only 4 out of 32 J seats are currently taken. Maybe they have a huge group of J pax who have never heard of OLCI and have not been preassigned seats either?
Johan
So what exactly is the cash value of a mile here?
€69.-- is, by the way, the lowest price I've ever seen on this route.
For some reason they have no fewer than eight rows of J on this flight, so I was moved from EC row 6 to row 9 "for operational reasons".
I wonder what those operational reasons are, as only 4 out of 32 J seats are currently taken. Maybe they have a huge group of J pax who have never heard of OLCI and have not been preassigned seats either?
Johan
Jan 13, 2019, 1:59 pm
#2340
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 190
I'm not sure, but isn't the 737-900 always flying in a fixed config of eight rows J?