App Upgrade Offers
Dec 3, 2025 | 11:11 am
#61
Join Date: Nov 2017
Programs: AS Titanium
Posts: 121
Are the in-app upgrades still available after check in or should I wait to check in until the fire sale starts? Currently in a Y+ middle for tomorrow morning with the in-app upgrade priced at $1005 for SEA-ORD so obviously that's not an option.
Any data points on when the pricing starts to drop precipitously? From the above sounds like between T-22 and T-5 ish.
Any data points on when the pricing starts to drop precipitously? From the above sounds like between T-22 and T-5 ish.
Dec 4, 2025 | 6:53 am
#62
Join Date: Nov 2017
Programs: AS Titanium
Posts: 121
Are the in-app upgrades still available after check in or should I wait to check in until the fire sale starts? Currently in a Y+ middle for tomorrow morning with the in-app upgrade priced at $1005 for SEA-ORD so obviously that's not an option.
Any data points on when the pricing starts to drop precipitously? From the above sounds like between T-22 and T-5 ish.
Any data points on when the pricing starts to drop precipitously? From the above sounds like between T-22 and T-5 ish.
Feb 4, 2026 | 10:32 am
#63
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Seattle WA
Programs: AS Titanium/OWE; Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 1,968
Not telling most of you anything you don't already know -- but it is SO annoying as a Titanium to receive multiple app notifications hawking paid upgrades inside the elite upgrade window and then a new, extra screen during check-in that you have to click to dismiss
I gather DL and UA are just as aggressive with the practice... but is their marketing of it more refined, or same (one message to all pax, regardless of status, etc)?
I gather DL and UA are just as aggressive with the practice... but is their marketing of it more refined, or same (one message to all pax, regardless of status, etc)?
Last edited by Tracer_SEA; Feb 4, 2026 at 3:43 pm
Feb 4, 2026 | 11:12 am
#64
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: EDI/GLA
Programs: DL 2.3 MM Unobtainum | UA 1.2MM Gold | AS 0.5MM |MR Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 2,801
A friend saw $162 for a flight while I saw $360 for the same flight but she was Gold and Im Titanium. Thought that was an interesting observation.
Feb 4, 2026 | 12:23 pm
#65
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 55
I suspect that the in-app upgrade offers pricing is dynamic and has different amounts based on the travelers profile so people may have snagged them for less (or more) than what you were offered if they felt the value proposition was fair.
A friend saw $162 for a flight while I saw $360 for the same flight but she was Gold and Im Titanium. Thought that was an interesting observation.
A friend saw $162 for a flight while I saw $360 for the same flight but she was Gold and Im Titanium. Thought that was an interesting observation.
Feb 4, 2026 | 4:12 pm
#66
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: PAE
Programs: AS Ti (for now), exiled from AA (2.7MM)
Posts: 132
I suspect that the in-app upgrade offers pricing is dynamic and has different amounts based on the travelers profile so people may have snagged them for less (or more) than what you were offered if they felt the value proposition was fair.
A friend saw $162 for a flight while I saw $360 for the same flight but she was Gold and Im Titanium. Thought that was an interesting observation.
A friend saw $162 for a flight while I saw $360 for the same flight but she was Gold and Im Titanium. Thought that was an interesting observation.
I agree that it's frustrating to see a flight at J4 or more at the 120-hour window and have to hope they release seats into U before someone upfares to get the seat before you get upgraded.
Feb 4, 2026 | 6:40 pm
#67
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 55
Some reporting here has suggested that the price offered is more like an upfare than an upgrade. It's the amount to buy the cheapest current seat in First Class. This means that it's dynamic and personal, but only to the extent that it represents an upfare from whatever fare each passenger previously paid into whatever fare bucket (and advance purchase) is available at the time of looking at the upgrade cost.
I agree that it's frustrating to see a flight at J4 or more at the 120-hour window and have to hope they release seats into U before someone upfares to get the seat before you get upgraded.
I agree that it's frustrating to see a flight at J4 or more at the 120-hour window and have to hope they release seats into U before someone upfares to get the seat before you get upgraded.
Feb 4, 2026 | 8:00 pm
#68
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS 100K MM, Bonvoy Platinum, National Executive Elite, HI Goid
Posts: 28
What is extremely disappointing for a MM Titanium that books most of my flights through SAP Concur for work, is I don't even get to play the buy up game. I am given no option to pay for an upgrade (or an upfare.) Alaska has never responded when I have inquired why this happens or if there is any solution. I have even called reservations to see if they can tell me the upgrade price and apparently they can not even tell me what the upgrade price is. Frustrated.....
Feb 5, 2026 | 3:57 pm
#69
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: EDI/GLA
Programs: DL 2.3 MM Unobtainum | UA 1.2MM Gold | AS 0.5MM |MR Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 2,801
What is extremely disappointing for a MM Titanium that books most of my flights through SAP Concur for work, is I don't even get to play the buy up game. I am given no option to pay for an upgrade (or an upfare.) Alaska has never responded when I have inquired why this happens or if there is any solution. I have even called reservations to see if they can tell me the upgrade price and apparently they can not even tell me what the upgrade price is. Frustrated.....
Feb 13, 2026 | 1:57 pm
#70
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Seattle WA
Programs: AS Titanium/OWE; Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 1,968
Does anyone have experience with point and status point earning when buying the paid in-app upgrade (weeks before departure, not last minute) on a coach award booking?
If it means I will earn points and (for now) CoS bonus status points, then it might actually be worth it for me on this particular trip
If it means I will earn points and (for now) CoS bonus status points, then it might actually be worth it for me on this particular trip
Feb 13, 2026 | 2:08 pm
#71
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 6,389
Does anyone have experience with point and status point earning when buying the paid in-app upgrade (weeks before departure, not last minute) on a coach award booking?
If it means I will earn points and (for now) CoS bonus status points, then it might actually be worth it for me on this particular trip
If it means I will earn points and (for now) CoS bonus status points, then it might actually be worth it for me on this particular trip
Last edited by olouie; Feb 13, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Feb 13, 2026 | 3:13 pm
#72
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Seattle WA
Programs: AS Titanium/OWE; Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 1,968
But F awards don't earn CoS bonus. So I guess to be more specific my question is: does a coach award upfare to a revenue bucket, or just to an award F bucket?
Feb 13, 2026 | 3:17 pm
#73
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 6,389
Ah missed the part about award ticket. Not sure what happens but suspect its keeps the award structure so no CoS bonus.
Feb 13, 2026 | 4:13 pm
#75
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Intermountain West
Programs: Too many to list
Posts: 12,736
Does anyone have experience with point and status point earning when buying the paid in-app upgrade (weeks before departure, not last minute) on a coach award booking?
If it means I will earn points and (for now) CoS bonus status points, then it might actually be worth it for me on this particular trip
If it means I will earn points and (for now) CoS bonus status points, then it might actually be worth it for me on this particular trip
BOI-SAN = 749 base and 375 bonus miles/pts
SAN-KOA= 2557 base and 1279 bonus miles/pts
Hope this is what you're looking for.