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
Oct 28, 2013, 2:25 am
#76
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 209
I have a Nov 4 VIE-IAD flight. I have two pax and bid 330 eur each. I do not get my hopes up. Business seems rather full by flyerexpert.
Oct 28, 2013, 9:54 am
#77
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: homeless 2.0
Programs: A3 Gold, LH FTL
Posts: 1,065
Oct 29, 2013, 9:11 am
#79
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: AA Platinum, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 731
What does the Smart Upgrade charge show up as on Credit Card?
Thanks for the advice everyone. Some longhaul legs have a 250 euro minimum bid and others have a 200 euro minimum bid.
One last question: what does the charge show up as on one's credit card? I'm trying to figure out if it shows up as Austrian (in which case we'd use the AMEX Gold for 3x points on airlines) or as this third-party that manages it for Austrian (in which case we'd use another card).
I will post results next week.
One last question: what does the charge show up as on one's credit card? I'm trying to figure out if it shows up as Austrian (in which case we'd use the AMEX Gold for 3x points on airlines) or as this third-party that manages it for Austrian (in which case we'd use another card).
I will post results next week.
Oct 29, 2013, 9:21 am
#80
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: All over
Programs: LH HON, EK Plat, QR Plat, TK EP
Posts: 297
One last question: what does the charge show up as on one's credit card? I'm trying to figure out if it shows up as Austrian (in which case we'd use the AMEX Gold for 3x points on airlines) or as this third-party that manages it for Austrian (in which case we'd use another card).
Nov 4, 2013, 5:44 am
#82
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: OSL/IAH/ZRH (time, not preference)
Programs: UA1K, LH GM, AA EXP->GM
Posts: 38,265
Nov 4, 2013, 8:48 am
#83
Join Date: May 2010
Location: BTS/KSC/VIE
Programs: LH
Posts: 346
It's just my assumption, but bid inventory recalc is done precisely T-3d, while evoucher is done since T-7d daily. The power comes with upgrading early. It would be interesting though to know, if it is status or money on T-3 that has the upper hand, as it is LH, we know what comes first in the matter of upgrades
Nov 4, 2013, 10:58 am
#84
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: AA Platinum, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 731
These flights are later in the month:
Nov 11, 2013, 11:55 pm
#87
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: AMS
Programs: KL PFL; BA Gold; A3 Silver; EY Silver; SU Silver
Posts: 2,488
I think they try to sell seats first (J, C, D for direct flight is a lot of money and for connecting flights availability is always worse to equalise revenue per segment) and then if unsold will be able to sell unused seats at check in counter.
I upgraded my return flight with e-vouchers but the system did not remove my upgrade offer and was still able to bid which is weird after I removed the offer.
Availability in J is zero or near zero on the BKK route, looks like people really like the new OS product.
Nov 19, 2013, 9:22 pm
#89
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: AA Platinum, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 731
Final update - got 1 of 3 upgrades. Looks like AA is launching with PlusGrade.
260 Euros - rejected
240 euros - rejected.
270 euros - accepted.
It looks like OS likes selling upgrades when both business and economy are empty. I suppose it's worth 270 euros to have a proper bed instead of a row of 4 seats to myself.
240 euros - rejected.
270 euros - accepted.
It looks like OS likes selling upgrades when both business and economy are empty. I suppose it's worth 270 euros to have a proper bed instead of a row of 4 seats to myself.
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