I bought my ticket via Lufthansa website, and when I cannot see any upgrade options under "Manage My Booking". Is it true that I cannot upgrade the booking with money if I do not book visa Swiss.com? Thanks in advance.

I got an email today for a EWR-ZRH-OSL-ZRH-EWR ticket I have for March. The offer was only for EWR-ZRH and the minimum I could bid was 780 CHF. I passed, that's too much for what I consider a fairly mediocre business class product.

Hi there I am booked on a LX flight North America East Coast to ZRH in P class. Would it be possible to place a bid for an upgrade to First or is "dirt cheap P-class" excluded ?

see:
https://www.swiss.com/ch/EN/book/con...ain-conditions

6. SWISS can exclude low booking classes in the Business class compartment from an Offer (e.g. P-booking class).

Was never able to bid or received a fixed amount offer on a P-fare. On Z-fare, I sometimes received these offers. Never received an attractive offer, for NA East Coast to ZRH minimum was at least 1500$ afaik.

Argh :mad:
But does "can exclude" mean they always do or there is a very slime chance ? At least currently I can't place a bid.

https://www.swiss.com/ch/en/book/swi...pgrade-bargain it mentions
I cannot seem to find a data point for what to expect from J to F and whether it's just going to be the difference between the original tickets or a "realistic" figure. Does anyone have any experience? We are flying to NRT on the 19th June

Last time I flew in 2018, the bid upgrade would not let me select a price, it was a set amount (I forget the amount) so I think that's what they mean. If a fixed bid is possible you would see it on your profile booking. This was J to F in my case. I forget the actual amount but it wasn't to far off the actual fare difference. something like 2900 CAD.

Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for and suspected.

Purchased economy ticket TLV Tokyo El Al codeshare to Zur then Swiss to Tokyo. Online upgrade price shown as $900 USD each way Zur to Tokyo in addition to ticket price paid $647 USD return so grand total around 2447. New ticket same day shows $2000 business class ticket for Tlv to Tokyo. Post purchase upgrade more expensive or is there another way to navigate a paid upgrade? Tickets purchased 2 weeks ago but I do not recall what business class price was at that time.

Many airlines ( including LH group) do not offer attractive upgrades. Only Y to PE is usually good value. Most of the others are mostly more expensive than buying a C return ticket. Recently i was quoted about 2.000£ to upgrade from PE to C with Air Canada!

I'm not sure how much I should put in the bid, I added a minimum like 440 CHF for Narita to Zurich long haul flight.
how likely it will be confirmed to get a upgrade from T class to P class?
I guess T class is eco flex?

I wasn't aware you could bid as low as 440 CHF, I alwawys thought the minimum was around 800 CHF.
But Booking class doesn't tell you if you're flex or not, most booking classes have the sub option of light, classic and flex, with the higher ones only offering classic or only flex. T is at the very low end of the booking classes anyway so with a bid of 440 CHF on a premium heavy route like NRT I don't see many chances.
It would help if you could include the actual number you bid and date of the flight.

When playing the bid game as swiss holds all the cards ie you commit to their price and wait and can be rejected or accepted based on its terms...any point in waiting to place a bid until close to departure? If flight will fill closer to departure there seems to be little point to committing to purchase IF accepted. Thoughts?