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
Nov 25, 2013, 11:02 pm
#92
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: LH SEN, FB Plat., HH D.
Posts: 5,050
Nov 26, 2013, 4:23 am
#93
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: MSE
Programs: BA Silver, TK Elite, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, NEXUS/GE
Posts: 466
How are people telling how many seats are available in each class (beyond 9), and/or by how many seats a booking class is oversold?
I've got a bid in for €500 per person for my wife and I for an upcoming VIE-JFK flight, and FlightStats is showing J8 Y0 for availability. I've got a few days left to tweak my bid higher or lower depending on strategy, and it would be interesting know if perhaps Y is actually oversold and therefore OS is going to have to have to move pax from Y to J.
I've got a bid in for €500 per person for my wife and I for an upcoming VIE-JFK flight, and FlightStats is showing J8 Y0 for availability. I've got a few days left to tweak my bid higher or lower depending on strategy, and it would be interesting know if perhaps Y is actually oversold and therefore OS is going to have to have to move pax from Y to J.
Nov 26, 2013, 5:32 am
#94
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,182
Nov 30, 2013, 7:19 am
#96
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 30
Dec 2, 2013, 1:40 am
#97
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: MSE
Programs: BA Silver, TK Elite, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, NEXUS/GE
Posts: 466
€520 bid (x2 passengers) for OS 87 (VIE-JFK) today was rejected. Availability was showing J4 Y4 at check-in. €599 upgrade (x2) was offered at check-in, which I accepted. Strangely, the inventory showed the same after the upgrade, so OS must be obfuscating the inventory that they're showing to the GDSes.
Dec 7, 2013, 5:10 am
#98
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: EK Gold SQ TPPS BA SILV
Posts: 65
Smart Upgrade On Miles and More Redemption Seats
Hello All,
I understand Miles and More seats are not eligible for the smart upgrade offer. I got an Email from their help desk "The Smart Upgrade offer is available for economy class passengers holding Austrian Airlines tickets. You have a ticket of Lufthansa that’s why you cannot make a bid for business class."
I have checked the flight to MLE on Wednesday and it looks light.
Does anyone know if this "X" class seat can be upgraded at check in? Any idea how much?
Thanks so much
I understand Miles and More seats are not eligible for the smart upgrade offer. I got an Email from their help desk "The Smart Upgrade offer is available for economy class passengers holding Austrian Airlines tickets. You have a ticket of Lufthansa that’s why you cannot make a bid for business class."
I have checked the flight to MLE on Wednesday and it looks light.
Does anyone know if this "X" class seat can be upgraded at check in? Any idea how much?
Thanks so much
Dec 7, 2013, 6:23 am
#99
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Denmark
Programs: TK Elite
Posts: 11,848
You received wrong answer. The reason is not that you are on a LH ticket but because you are in X class.
Dec 7, 2013, 7:08 am
#100
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Between AMS and BRU
Posts: 8,852
Smart upgrade is something that's currently only offered on OS... It's a relative new thing where you can place a bid on an upgrade.
Airlines like EY do the same....
More info: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mile...t-upgrade.html
And more relevant for the question asked:
Is every Economy Class passenger eligible for getting a Smart Upgrade?
Yes, if you are holding an Austrian flight document (ticket number must start with 257…).
Airlines like EY do the same....
More info: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mile...t-upgrade.html
And more relevant for the question asked:
Is every Economy Class passenger eligible for getting a Smart Upgrade?
Yes, if you are holding an Austrian flight document (ticket number must start with 257…).
Dec 30, 2013, 3:34 am
#102
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: LAF, VIE
Programs: A3 *G; AA EXP
Posts: 509
VIE-IAD 02.01 Smartbid for €410 accepted ^
Availability according to Expertflyer shortly before upgrades were processed:
J6 C6 D6 Z6 P0 Y2 B2 M1 U1 H0 G0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 E0 L0 K0
Based on the number of Economy seats previously not available I would estimate that they upgraded 4-5 people
Availability according to Expertflyer shortly before upgrades were processed:
J6 C6 D6 Z6 P0 Y2 B2 M1 U1 H0 G0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 E0 L0 K0
Based on the number of Economy seats previously not available I would estimate that they upgraded 4-5 people
Last edited by LukasVIE; Dec 30, 2013 at 1:03 pm Reason: Wrong flight
Jan 1, 2014, 6:14 am
#104
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: LAF, VIE
Programs: A3 *G; AA EXP
Posts: 509
Austrian is usually able to fill up premium seats to MLE and given that Y is not overbooked there is no need to bump up people
