SWISS Upgrade Bargain (Bid or email invite to upgrade)
Jun 24, 2022, 3:33 am
#286
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FLR to GVA
Paid upgrade offer was 100 CHF. I bid the lowest, 70 CHF each for two people, and it was accepted.
The flight ended up full in Y so it was nice having the extra space.
Paid upgrade offer was 100 CHF. I bid the lowest, 70 CHF each for two people, and it was accepted.
The flight ended up full in Y so it was nice having the extra space.
Jun 26, 2022, 7:50 am
#287
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Paid upgrade offer was CHF 790.
Bids started at 300. I placed a bid of 410 (now I regret it - should have placed a bid of 310 :-))
There were 9 Business class seats for sale at the time of placing my bid.
I am NH Platinum (SA Gold) through a recent status match.
The first leg of my trip was M class which I upgraded to business with 25k UA miles. The second leg is in W so not upgradable with any SA carriers outside M&M programme.
Not sure at this stage what mileage I collect from these shenanigans
Bids started at 300. I placed a bid of 410 (now I regret it - should have placed a bid of 310 :-))
There were 9 Business class seats for sale at the time of placing my bid.
I am NH Platinum (SA Gold) through a recent status match.
The first leg of my trip was M class which I upgraded to business with 25k UA miles. The second leg is in W so not upgradable with any SA carriers outside M&M programme.
Not sure at this stage what mileage I collect from these shenanigans
Jul 8, 2022, 9:40 am
#288
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As an update. I bid 1500 CHF from Zurich to Newark. Offer was declined. At check in asked the upgrade price and was told there were 2 seats occupied and 6 seats open in First. I asked the price to upgrade and was quoted 1790 Euros, I then said ok I will upgrade but the agent told me there were no window seats available which I found odd. She said the remaining seats were being "held". I declined the offer and just stuck to my seat in C class. I am surprised they did not accept my bid for 1500, I guess they would rather have empty seats up front.
Jul 9, 2022, 9:35 am
#289
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As an update. I bid 1500 CHF from Zurich to Newark. Offer was declined. At check in asked the upgrade price and was told there were 2 seats occupied and 6 seats open in First. I asked the price to upgrade and was quoted 1790 Euros, I then said ok I will upgrade but the agent told me there were no window seats available which I found odd. She said the remaining seats were being "held". I declined the offer and just stuck to my seat in C class. I am surprised they did not accept my bid for 1500, I guess they would rather have empty seats up front.
Jul 9, 2022, 12:16 pm
#290
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I agree the whole thing was weird. I almost feel like they didn’t want me to upgrade to first class. Yes and she said euros I specifically asked if they were Swiss francs and she said no it’s euros.
Jul 9, 2022, 4:22 pm
#291
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Wow, talk about terrible IT (maybe combined with terrible customer service—I don’t want to make that leap since I wasn’t there) costing a company 1790 euros of almost pure profit in one second.
Jul 20, 2022, 12:03 am
#292
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I checked with them for clarification to see what those miles mean exactly and does it include the bonuses.
Jul 23, 2022, 5:30 am
#293
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I have the option of Y to C upgrade bid from ZRH - NRT. The fixed price bid is 670CHF for now (they seem to only offer fixed price bid for Japan flight). I cannot increase or decrease the price as it is just set at that price. If cleared, do you think this is a good deal?
Jul 23, 2022, 6:33 am
#294
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I have the option of Y to C upgrade bid from ZRH - NRT. The fixed price bid is 670CHF for now (they seem to only offer fixed price bid for Japan flight). I cannot increase or decrease the price as it is just set at that price. If cleared, do you think this is a good deal?
Jul 23, 2022, 12:20 pm
#295
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I have the option of Y to C upgrade bid from ZRH - NRT. The fixed price bid is 670CHF for now (they seem to only offer fixed price bid for Japan flight). I cannot increase or decrease the price as it is just set at that price. If cleared, do you think this is a good deal?
Aug 4, 2022, 8:51 am
#296
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Same offer as you.
As an update. I bid 1500 CHF from Zurich to Newark. Offer was declined. At check in asked the upgrade price and was told there were 2 seats occupied and 6 seats open in First. I asked the price to upgrade and was quoted 1790 Euros, I then said ok I will upgrade but the agent told me there were no window seats available which I found odd. She said the remaining seats were being "held". I declined the offer and just stuck to my seat in C class. I am surprised they did not accept my bid for 1500, I guess they would rather have empty seats up front.
Flight went full in F.
Aug 7, 2022, 7:07 pm
#298
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LX54
Scheduled on LX54 next week ZRH to BOS. I was going to try a Bid Upgrade and last week had looked and there still appeared to be plenty of seats for sale. Tonight went on and am still able to place a Bid Upgrade to J but on Expert Flyer the flight inventory is completely zeroed out for our flight and date. Thoughts? Should I be concerned the flight is destined for cancellation? Or is it really just a fully sold out flight even though ever other ZRH to BOS flight appears to have plenty of inventory?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Aug 7, 2022, 8:05 pm
#300
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You need an LX flight number for that. UA might covert that for you; call and tell them you want to upgrade and see if they do the flight number convention. At the airport it will work regardless.