Jan 24, 2014, 7:45 pm
Last edit by: Air Rarotonga
Summary of accepted/rejected bids:
Domestic
VIE
SZG
Shorthaul
AMM
AMS
ARN
BCN
CAI
CDG
DUS
GVA
LHR
KRK
SBZ
SOF
TLV
ZRH
Longhaul
BKK
DEL
DXB
IAD
HKG
EWR
JFK
MIA
MLE
NRT
ORD
YYZ
PVG
Domestic
VIE
- VIE-LNZ 40€ Rejected September 2014
SZG
- SZG-VIE 40€ Rejected September 2014
Shorthaul
AMM
- VIE-AMM 140€ Accepted May 2015
- AMM-VIE 180€ Accepted May 2015
AMS
- AMS-VIE 60€ Accepted January 2015
ARN
- ARN-VIE 85€ Rejected April 2015
BCN
- VIE-BCN 50€ Rejected September 2014 (Checkin offer, red upgrade 129€)
CAI
- VIE-CAI 55€ Rejected October 2014
- CAI-VIE 55€ Rejected October 2014
CDG
- CDG-VIE 100€ Rejected June 2015
DUS
- DUS-VIE 110€ Accepted July 2015
- DUS-VIE 50 € Rejected July 2015 (although C was only 2/12)
- VIE-DUS 50 € Rejected July 2015
GVA
- VIE-GVA 140€ Accepted February 2015
- VIE-GVA 150€ Rejected August 2015
LHR
- LHR-VIE €150 Accepted September 2016
KRK
- VIE-KRK 75€ Rejected January 2015
- VIE-MXP 85€ Accepted August 2017
SBZ
SOF
- SOF-VIE 90€ Accepted December 2015
TLV
- TLV-VIE 50€ Rejected January 2014
- TLV-VIE 65€ Rejected October 2014
- TLV-VIE 105 USD Rejected September 2015
ZRH
- VIE-ZRH 150€ Rejected August 2014
- VIE-ZRH 120€ Rejected August 2014
- ZRH-VIE 150€ Accepted January 2015
- ZRH-VIE 120€ Accepted December 2015
- VIE-ZRH 120€ Accepted August 2014
- ZRH-VIE 140€ check-in offer - June 2018 (did not buy it)
Longhaul
BKK
- VIE-BKK 520€ Accepted August 2013
- VIE-BKK 350€ Accepted August 2013
- BKK-VIE 250€ Rejected September 2013
- VIE-BKK 160€ Rejected November 2013
- VIE-BKK 315€ Rejected September 2014
- BKK-VIE 360€ Rejected December 2014
- VIE-BKK 300€ Rejected March 2015
- BKK-VIE 305€ Rejected April 2015
- BKK-VIE 405€ Rejected May 2015
- BKK-VIE 407€ Accepted May 2015
- BKK-VIE 435€ Accepted November 2015
- BKK-VIE 455€ Accepted December 2015
- VIE-BKK 450€ Accepted January 2016
- VIE-BKK 300€ Rejected May 2016
DEL
- VIE-DEL 330€ Accepted June 2014
DXB
- VIE-DXB 270€ Accepted September 2014
IAD
- IAD-VIE 300€ Accepted September 2013
- IAD-VIE 365€ Accepted October 2013
- VIE-IAD 330€ Rejected November 2013
- IAD-VIE 320€ Rejected November 2013
- VIE-IAD 410€ Accepted January 2014
- IAD-VIE 370€ Accepted January 2014
- IAD-VIE 380€ Accepted August 2014
- VIE-IAD 430€ Accepted August 2014
- VIE-IAD 370€ Accepted October 2014
- VIE-IAD 320€ Accepted November 2014
- IAD-VIE 320€ Accepted November 2014
- VIE-IAD 410€ Accepted March 2015
- IAD-VIE 310€ Accepted March 2015
- VIE-IAD 500€ Accepted May 2015
- IAD-VIE 500€ Rejected May 2015
- IAD-VIE 340€ Rejected July 2015
- IAD-VIE 340€ Rejected July 2015
- IAD-VIE 420€ Rejected October 2015
- VIE-IAD 450€ Accepted October 2017
HKG
- HKG-VIE 300€ Accepted December 2016
- HKG-VIE 310€ Accepted February 2017 x4
- HKG-VIE 200€ Accepted May 2017 x2
EWR
- VIE-EWR 300€ Accepted September 2014
- EWR-VIE 495€ Accepted May 2017
JFK
- JFK-VIE 370€ Accepted November 2013
- VIE-JFK 330€ Rejected November 2013
- VIE-JFK 520€ Rejected December 2013
- JFK-VIE 300€ Accepted September 2014
- VIE-JFK 500€ Rejected December 2015
- JFK-VIE 325€ Accepted December 2015
- VIE-JFK 250€ Rejected January 2016
MIA
- VIE-MIA 420€ Accepted February 2016
- MIE-VIE 320€ Accepted March 2016
MLE
- MLE-VIE 370€ Rejected January 2014
NRT
- VIE-NRT 520€ Accepted February 2016
ORD
- ORD-VIE 300€ Accepted August 2013
- ORD-VIE 270€ Accepted October 2014
- ORD-VIE 350€ Rejected November 2014
- VIE-ORD 310€ Accepted January 2015
- ORD-VIE 380€ Accepted September 2015
- VIE-ORD 380€ Accepted September 2015
YYZ
- VIE-YYZ 350€ Accepted September 2014
- YYZ-VIE 320€ Accepted February 2015
- VIE-YYZ 355€ Accepted October 2017 x2
- VIE-PEK 300€ Accepted September 2015
- VIE-PEK 220€ Rejected March 2015
- PEK-VIE 250€ Accepted March 2015
PVG
- VIE-PVG €310 Accepted August 2016
- PVG-VIE €310 Accepted August 2016
- VIE-PVG €510 Accepted September 2016
Austrian Bid Upgrade using Plusgrade
Aug 4, 2013, 9:01 pm
#31
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: DCA
Programs: TK*G OZ*G AA Plat
Posts: 627
So I just booked IAD-VIE for the end of September. It booked into booking code S, which appears to earn me no FF points in any of the 3 *A programs I belong to (UA, SK, OZ).
I went to the Smart Upgrade page, and when I pull up my itinerary, it defaults to $530 as the suggested offer for a C upgrade.
I noticed that according to the program information, the upgrade will book as P booking code, however that also earns 0 points on UA and OZ. On SK it earns 100%.
Is that really the case? I know there are discrepancies between *A carriers, but just seems odd that a business class (ok, upgraded) code earns 0 points for some *A carriers.
Any suggestions on bidding? Have others had success at bidding below their suggested number?
Right now, the flight looks really empty in eco, so I actually don't mind doing the flight in the back if I have a seat or two beside me free. The prospect of 0 FF points is not great though.
I went to the Smart Upgrade page, and when I pull up my itinerary, it defaults to $530 as the suggested offer for a C upgrade.
I noticed that according to the program information, the upgrade will book as P booking code, however that also earns 0 points on UA and OZ. On SK it earns 100%.
Is that really the case? I know there are discrepancies between *A carriers, but just seems odd that a business class (ok, upgraded) code earns 0 points for some *A carriers.
Any suggestions on bidding? Have others had success at bidding below their suggested number?
Right now, the flight looks really empty in eco, so I actually don't mind doing the flight in the back if I have a seat or two beside me free. The prospect of 0 FF points is not great though.
Aug 5, 2013, 11:21 am
#33
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: UA 1P
Posts: 31
Just another data point: ORD-VIE, family of five on a cheap RedTicket (T). Offer of 300 Euro pp accepted and notification sent out about 60 hours before departure. Given the number of us on one PNR, I'm surprised the offer was accepted. This will be a nice surprise for the wife and kids when we board (hoping to keep it secret until then).
My joy is tempered by lack of earning of P class on Mileage Plus or Dividend Miles, so miles will go to A3.
My joy is tempered by lack of earning of P class on Mileage Plus or Dividend Miles, so miles will go to A3.
Aug 10, 2013, 7:04 pm
#36
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: K+K
Programs: *G
Posts: 4,867
Aug 12, 2013, 12:18 am
#37
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: AMS
Programs: KL PFL; BA Gold; A3 Silver; EY Silver; SU Silver
Posts: 2,488
And in this case you will also get 2 shorthauls in J which better than eco for the same price. That's why i mentioned above I only bid low for this route.
Aug 12, 2013, 12:38 pm
#38
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: LH SEN, FB Plat., HH D.
Posts: 5,050
I received a mail last week offering "special" Biz class BKK ex BCN at around Euros 2350.
LH had an offer at around 1700/1800 euros a few months ago but I prefer to stay away from their C product if I can.
Aug 17, 2013, 4:58 am
#39
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: MSE
Programs: BA Silver, TK Elite, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, NEXUS/GE
Posts: 466
Anyone know if there's any reason that I can't do this if I buy the ticket on united.com? I'm looking at buying an open-jaw, with VIE-JFK on OS and EWR-LHR on UA.
It's $700 r/t in economy, or $2300 r/t if I do the VIE-JFK segment in business. I haven't seen any reports of success on VIE-JFK here, but from the few experiences that others have reported on ORD and IAD, it seems that I could probably offer far less than that $1600 difference and get the upgrade.
It's $700 r/t in economy, or $2300 r/t if I do the VIE-JFK segment in business. I haven't seen any reports of success on VIE-JFK here, but from the few experiences that others have reported on ORD and IAD, it seems that I could probably offer far less than that $1600 difference and get the upgrade.
Sep 2, 2013, 5:37 am
#41
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 209
Anyone know if there's any reason that I can't do this if I buy the ticket on united.com? I'm looking at buying an open-jaw, with VIE-JFK on OS and EWR-LHR on UA.
It's $700 r/t in economy, or $2300 r/t if I do the VIE-JFK segment in business. I haven't seen any reports of success on VIE-JFK here, but from the few experiences that others have reported on ORD and IAD, it seems that I could probably offer far less than that $1600 difference and get the upgrade.
It's $700 r/t in economy, or $2300 r/t if I do the VIE-JFK segment in business. I haven't seen any reports of success on VIE-JFK here, but from the few experiences that others have reported on ORD and IAD, it seems that I could probably offer far less than that $1600 difference and get the upgrade.
Sep 10, 2013, 11:40 am
#45
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Montréal
Programs: Air Canada, Hyatt
Posts: 1,376
I offered $750 for VIE-YYZ 10/22/2013
I offered $750 for an upgrade to J on the VIE-YYZ service on October 22nd, the flight is operated by a 767.
Can anyone give me any feedback as to A) If you think the price i offered is too high, or too low, and B) what are my chances, given your previous experience with this or similar VIE-N.A. routes?
Thanks.
(I know my questions are quite vague)
Can anyone give me any feedback as to A) If you think the price i offered is too high, or too low, and B) what are my chances, given your previous experience with this or similar VIE-N.A. routes?
Thanks.
(I know my questions are quite vague)