Air China Auction Upgrade
Aug 31, 2017, 6:34 am
#76
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 805
I put in $570 for JFK-PEK on the 9/2, no word yet but I should hear pretty soon. I looked on expert flyer and there are only 4 business seats showing as open but I understand CA often blocks seats.
I looked at tomorrow's flight and there are 12 seats open so I'm a little worried that I won't get the upgrade. Not to mention I paid $590 for the r/t and according to their ticket validation page, over half of that went to the connecting jetBlue flights.
EDIT - When I go to the bid for upgrade page on the CA website it shows the offer as "expired" where as it was "pending" for the past 2 days so I'm guessing that means they didn't accept the offer.
I looked at tomorrow's flight and there are 12 seats open so I'm a little worried that I won't get the upgrade. Not to mention I paid $590 for the r/t and according to their ticket validation page, over half of that went to the connecting jetBlue flights.
EDIT - When I go to the bid for upgrade page on the CA website it shows the offer as "expired" where as it was "pending" for the past 2 days so I'm guessing that means they didn't accept the offer.
Last edited by sethMCOflyer; Aug 31, 2017 at 11:18 am
Sep 1, 2017, 3:35 pm
#77
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: CALIFORNIA
Posts: 99
Oct 25, 2017, 2:32 pm
#79
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 1
JFK-PEK $550 Bid
Just found out about this bidding for business class seats. Put in a $550 bid for 2 seats. When I searched the website looked like there were 19 seats available with around 7 days until departure. Any idea on the chances of getting this upgrade since a lot of seats opened?
Oct 12, 2018, 2:02 am
#81
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 1
Air China Upgrade bid charged my card, 2 days after declinedPlease advise
Air China Promo Bid Upgrade Charged my card $560 and seemed they accepted my upgrade bid offer but then 2 days later i get an email that they declined the upgrade for flight JFK-PEK. Is there anything which can be done at this point to get upgraded to Business class with the same offer or try to argue with Air China? Have anyone else had this happenned to them previously and what have you done about it?
Oct 15, 2018, 3:31 am
#82
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 134
This is the most frustrating thing for me. I am Star Gold (Elite on Turkish) and fly Air China all the time but I get absolutely no love ever from them. Not one upgrade in at least 70 segments.
Oct 24, 2019, 6:44 pm
#85
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 11
How many days prior to departure I can start bidding?
hi!
so my flight from JFK to PEK is about to leave on the October 31st. everytime I go to the bidding website it shows me I am not eligible for an upgrade. I remember I did bid a year ago with the same ticket class. Is it possible that they didn't open bidding process yet? do you know when would they open the access? I can see business is empty still...
thanks!
so my flight from JFK to PEK is about to leave on the October 31st. everytime I go to the bidding website it shows me I am not eligible for an upgrade. I remember I did bid a year ago with the same ticket class. Is it possible that they didn't open bidding process yet? do you know when would they open the access? I can see business is empty still...
thanks!
Oct 24, 2019, 11:07 pm
#86
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,338
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Oct 25, 2019, 12:23 pm
#87
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,477
hi!
so my flight from JFK to PEK is about to leave on the October 31st. everytime I go to the bidding website it shows me I am not eligible for an upgrade. I remember I did bid a year ago with the same ticket class. Is it possible that they didn't open bidding process yet? do you know when would they open the access? I can see business is empty still...
thanks!
so my flight from JFK to PEK is about to leave on the October 31st. everytime I go to the bidding website it shows me I am not eligible for an upgrade. I remember I did bid a year ago with the same ticket class. Is it possible that they didn't open bidding process yet? do you know when would they open the access? I can see business is empty still...
thanks!
Do not assume business class is empty by looking at seat maps. It is always not the case as many people do not book their seats until reaching check-in desk.
Do not assume business class is full by looking at seat maps. Airlines have the habit of blocking seats for elites and other purposes.
They only way to see if business class is full or not, is to see the sales number yourself.
Oct 30, 2019, 7:54 pm
#88
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 456
I was thinking about going for an upgrade for my PEK-JFK later this year but the minimum bid is something like $500 each. That means the minimum upgrade bid is frankly more than the original cost of the round trip economy tickets. On one hand I would love to upgrade my family of 4 but is $500 worth it for just one way?
Not saying I would even get it at the minimum bid, especially with 4 seats but is it even worth trying? I'm not exactly swimming in cash, but we do okay. I'd jump on it for a round trip, but it doesn't feel like much of a deal when some of the recent Asia-NYC prices have been under $1500 RT in business.
Not saying I would even get it at the minimum bid, especially with 4 seats but is it even worth trying? I'm not exactly swimming in cash, but we do okay. I'd jump on it for a round trip, but it doesn't feel like much of a deal when some of the recent Asia-NYC prices have been under $1500 RT in business.
Dec 17, 2019, 4:23 am
#89
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 1
Air China Promo Bid Upgrade Charged my card $560 and seemed they accepted my upgrade bid offer but then 2 days later i get an email that they declined the upgrade for flight JFK-PEK. Is there anything which can be done at this point to get upgraded to Business class with the same offer or try to argue with Air China? Have anyone else had this happenned to them previously and what have you done about it?
Jan 22, 2020, 10:42 am
#90
Join Date: Jan 2020
Posts: 3
CA981 JFK-PEK JAN24 2020
Got upgraded with a $605 bid from Economy to Business.
PS
DO NOT use ANY American Express card with the upgrade.
The initial charge was declined cause AE marked the transaction fraudulent.
Plusgrade sent me another email to let me contact the card issuer and after informing the card issuer there's a link to click on to inform Plusgrade to reprocess the upgrade request.
I would have lost the chance if there were no more spots available but I got a confirmation email the next day.
Also you do get a transit hotel/chauffeur to city with the upgraded ticket.
Got upgraded with a $605 bid from Economy to Business.
PS
DO NOT use ANY American Express card with the upgrade.
The initial charge was declined cause AE marked the transaction fraudulent.
Plusgrade sent me another email to let me contact the card issuer and after informing the card issuer there's a link to click on to inform Plusgrade to reprocess the upgrade request.
I would have lost the chance if there were no more spots available but I got a confirmation email the next day.
Also you do get a transit hotel/chauffeur to city with the upgraded ticket.