The ultimate thread on buy-ups at OLCI
Jun 12, 2019, 12:47 pm
#2447
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: London / Amsterdam
Programs: Flying Blue
Posts: 223
AMS-BLL aboard B738 aircraft: € 49. Didn't take it, could see the aircraft was relatively lightly loaded for a change.
I ended up having a complete row of Economy Comfort for myself, plus the flight attendant came to ask me if I'd like a business class meal, which I gladly accepted. I am FB Platinum, maybe it has something to do with that.
So I got an upgrade more or less anyway
I ended up having a complete row of Economy Comfort for myself, plus the flight attendant came to ask me if I'd like a business class meal, which I gladly accepted. I am FB Platinum, maybe it has something to do with that.
So I got an upgrade more or less anyway
Jun 17, 2019, 2:48 am
#2449
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: London / Amsterdam
Programs: Flying Blue
Posts: 223
Got a similar offer for EUR 399 on tomorrows flight. As it's daytime, I'm not inclined to take it for that price. However 300 euro is a lot better. Seatmap also showed 6 seats free.
Jun 17, 2019, 1:23 pm
#2452
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Somewhere between BHX and HUY
Programs: Flying Blue Plat, Eurobonus Silver, ALL Gold
Posts: 1,674
The fee for Y+ is... drum roll... EUR100 each way.
So it's pretty much tit for tat... but... if you are a FB member even explorer, you would get a discount on the comfort fare. So it seems an option worth "exploring" in case you get better rates on upgrades.
And either way, with J fares around EUR2000 it seems like a really good bargain.
Jun 17, 2019, 1:33 pm
#2453
Join Date: May 2017
Location: MAN
Programs: FB Platinum
Posts: 313
I just answered my own question, sorry
The fee for Y+ is... drum roll... EUR100 each way.
So it's pretty much tit for tat... but... if you are a FB member even explorer, you would get a discount on the comfort fare. So it seems an option worth "exploring" in case you get better rates on upgrades.
And either way, with J fares around EUR2000 it seems like a really good bargain.
The fee for Y+ is... drum roll... EUR100 each way.
So it's pretty much tit for tat... but... if you are a FB member even explorer, you would get a discount on the comfort fare. So it seems an option worth "exploring" in case you get better rates on upgrades.
And either way, with J fares around EUR2000 it seems like a really good bargain.
Jun 19, 2019, 1:04 pm
#2455
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bregenz, Austria
Programs: AA, BAEC, Alaska, Flying Blue, United, IHG, Hilton
Posts: 2,950
This is the kind of offer where you have to ask yourself what that amount means to you.
If it's a week's grocery shopping for the family, forget it. If it's the kind of amount you drop on a cab fare to the airport, when you could almost as easily catch the train, go for it.
If it's a week's grocery shopping for the family, forget it. If it's the kind of amount you drop on a cab fare to the airport, when you could almost as easily catch the train, go for it.
Last edited by The_Bouncer; Jun 19, 2019 at 1:05 pm Reason: Typo
Jun 19, 2019, 3:52 pm
#2456
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 14,352
AMS-CPH US$ 88.50 (for reasons beyond my comprehension I somehow ended up on the US site when checking in).
At least 4 out of 12 available (can't quite remember).
Two pax were upgraded by the purser. One of them boarded the plane and said "Are you the purser? I want to make an upgrade" After firm handshakes all around, his son was ushered into a J seat, and once the doors had closed another pax was asked to change seats so dad could move up and sit next to his son.
Johan
At least 4 out of 12 available (can't quite remember).
Two pax were upgraded by the purser. One of them boarded the plane and said "Are you the purser? I want to make an upgrade" After firm handshakes all around, his son was ushered into a J seat, and once the doors had closed another pax was asked to change seats so dad could move up and sit next to his son.
Johan
Jun 21, 2019, 3:11 am
#2457
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Netherlands
Programs: KL Platinum
Posts: 241
This is the kind of offer where you have to ask yourself what that amount means to you.
If it's a week's grocery shopping for the family, forget it. If it's the kind of amount you drop on a cab fare to the airport, when you could almost as easily catch the train, go for it.
If it's a week's grocery shopping for the family, forget it. If it's the kind of amount you drop on a cab fare to the airport, when you could almost as easily catch the train, go for it.
In all seriousness the proposition is not an attractive one if one has access to Economy Comfort anyway.
Jun 21, 2019, 6:52 am
#2458
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bregenz, Austria
Programs: AA, BAEC, Alaska, Flying Blue, United, IHG, Hilton
Posts: 2,950
Lounge access (I already have Priority Pass)
Extra luggage allowance (I travel light)
Empty middle seat (who cares for an hour?)
Extra miles (nerfed by the revenue based earnings)
Jun 26, 2019, 4:34 am
#2459
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Glaschu
Programs: FB Platinum for Life; BAEC Gold Guest List; Accor Gold.
Posts: 2,549
GLA - AMS: £52 or 14,700 miles. This time, I took the miles option, to get a proper start to my long trip to Thailand (GLA-AMS/AMS-LHR/LHR-BKK - the BA flights are booked in J).
As with The_Bouncer's comment on the CWL-AMS price, £52 is either a lot, if you consider what you actually get (free middle seat, decent light meal and a few good drinks) or it's a very good deal when you compare difference in fares between discounted Y (ca. £180 r/t) and typical C (ca. £750 - £850).
-- Henry
As with The_Bouncer's comment on the CWL-AMS price, £52 is either a lot, if you consider what you actually get (free middle seat, decent light meal and a few good drinks) or it's a very good deal when you compare difference in fares between discounted Y (ca. £180 r/t) and typical C (ca. £750 - £850).
-- Henry