Ethiopian - new online upgrade auction
Feb 15, 23, 9:55 am
#181
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 9
Reporting:
I flew DME-ADD-JNB and JNB-ADD-DME
DME-ADD min. bid ~600USD
ADD-JNB guaranteed upgrade 500USD
JNB-ADD guaranteed upgrade 500USD
ADD-DME guaranteed upgrade 581USD
I flew business JNB-ADD-DME, I got upgraded for service recovery on JNB-ADD and bought the upgrade outright on ADD-DME because it made sense even though it's a bit pricy.
I think guaranteed upgrades are offered exactly a week before departure provided Business Class is very undersold. JNB-ADD business was mostly full, ADD-DME business almost empty, all middle 2 seaters empty and only windows occupied, mostly by one person.
Best of luck to everyone!
P.S.: Ethiopian really loves operational changes so be on the lookout for that. Also, some 787s suck compared to other configurations. 4A and 4L missing a window.
I flew DME-ADD-JNB and JNB-ADD-DME
DME-ADD min. bid ~600USD
ADD-JNB guaranteed upgrade 500USD
JNB-ADD guaranteed upgrade 500USD
ADD-DME guaranteed upgrade 581USD
I flew business JNB-ADD-DME, I got upgraded for service recovery on JNB-ADD and bought the upgrade outright on ADD-DME because it made sense even though it's a bit pricy.
I think guaranteed upgrades are offered exactly a week before departure provided Business Class is very undersold. JNB-ADD business was mostly full, ADD-DME business almost empty, all middle 2 seaters empty and only windows occupied, mostly by one person.
Best of luck to everyone!
P.S.: Ethiopian really loves operational changes so be on the lookout for that. Also, some 787s suck compared to other configurations. 4A and 4L missing a window.
Last edited by Alexei17; Feb 15, 23 at 10:09 am
Mar 27, 23, 2:51 pm
#183
Join Date: Mar 2022
Programs: Eurobonus
Posts: 29
Still 3 days to departure, I got a "You have been outbid..." mail. Stil *7 seats in most biz buckets on Expertflyer. Is this just a standard mail just because some geezer apparently bid higher? 4 pax, so I would think they'd take that before that geezer, if it came down to last 4 seats.
C7 J7 D7 P0 R0 Y7 G7 S3 B0 M0 K0 L0 V0 H0 U0 Q0 T0 E0 O0 N0
C7 J7 D7 P0 R0 Y7 G7 S3 B0 M0 K0 L0 V0 H0 U0 Q0 T0 E0 O0 N0
Mar 27, 23, 3:54 pm
#184
Join Date: May 2015
Location: WAW / TBS
Programs: AF Platinum / Accor Platinum / Hilton Diamond / TP Silver / A3 Silver
Posts: 2,416
kgl-add = 135$ (b738)
add-mpm = 405$ (b788)
dss-add = 560$ (a359)
add-vie = 440$ (b772)
Can confirm what alexei17 said about last minute aircraft swaps , 50% of my recent flights had such change
add-mpm = 405$ (b788)
dss-add = 560$ (a359)
add-vie = 440$ (b772)
Can confirm what alexei17 said about last minute aircraft swaps , 50% of my recent flights had such change
Last edited by fifty_two; Mar 28, 23 at 2:44 am
