Pay for upgrade
Mar 22, 2009 | 1:05 pm
#1
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Location: Scarsdale, NY USA; LT PLT AA; AA 3 mm (4 mm will never happen); Hilton Diamond, Marriott Silver, AA is clueless why I fly
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Pay for upgrade
On the day of a flight (NRT-SYD), does QA offer a reasonable price for an upgrade to J? Doubt if being an AA PL has any impact on their decision. I was wondering if they would do it for a few hundred $ instead of leaving the seat empty.
Mar 22, 2009 | 5:01 pm
#3
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IIRC this can be done on BA? Vague memory of reading that in a thread sometime last year. Can anyone point me to it? (Mrs P and I will be flying BA longhaul in WHY in May)
Mar 22, 2009 | 5:37 pm
#4
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Canberra, ACT, Australia
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In the past it was possible to pay for an on-board upgrade on BA (subject to space being available of course). According to the BA forum on FT, this arrangement has been discontinued. BA sometimes offer reasonably priced upgrades at the airport, but this seems to be only ex USA, and cannot be relied on.
Mar 22, 2009 | 6:08 pm
#5
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Mar 22, 2009 | 6:48 pm
#6
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Dozens of airlines offer cheap paid upgrades in various forms; as mentioned the BA scheme has been axed (due to abuse). QF has never offered this, as a matter of policy (but there should be easy availability of QFF upgrades on that route). CX sometimes has paid upgrades but it would be about USD 1000 and not "a few hundred". Still a lot cheaper than the fare differential. But you would have to route NRT-HKG-SYD and the gate upgrade is only by sector. Don't believe JL ever offered it, either, for what it's worth.
Mar 23, 2009 | 6:16 pm
#7
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Axel Foley: Yeah. I was wondering how much something like this went for.
Serge: One hundred and thirty thousand dollar.
Axel Foley: Get the f*** out of here!
Serge: One hundred and thirty thousand dollar.
Axel Foley: Get the f*** out of here!
Mar 23, 2009 | 6:23 pm
#8
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Note that JQ Int (100% owned by QF) offers this.
Upgrade cost is typically the difference between the most expensive Y fare and the *C fare.
If this process was carried over to mainline QF would not be cheap
Upgrade cost is typically the difference between the most expensive Y fare and the *C fare.
If this process was carried over to mainline QF would not be cheap