SWISS Upgrade Bargain (Bid or email invite to upgrade)
Apr 28, 2015, 11:28 am
#16
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: FLR-GRU
Programs: Miles&More ; A3*G
Posts: 85
says the website so the agent responding to your query was correct.
Thanks.
Probably I was misled by the lines above those you pointed:
"Requirements:
SWISS Upgrade Bargain is currently available on all SWISS long-haul flights...."
Interesting to notice that, apparently, between ZRH and GRU it is not possible to bid (at least... I have 3 legs on the next months and none of them is clearly eligible
)
Apr 28, 2015, 5:50 pm
#19
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: ZRH / YUL
Programs: UA, TK, Starwood > Marriott, Hilton, Accor
Posts: 7,293
I interpret this as "no route is excluded", but it does not mean that "every single flight is eligible". I imagine that a lot of routes have seasonal variances in yield and load per cabin, and that LX activates the upgrade bid tool selectively when they feel their yield management for the C cabin could use a little boost.
Apr 28, 2015, 11:08 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: LH SEN, FB Plat., HH D.
Posts: 5,050
Ooops! It seems as I missed those 2 lines
Thanks.
Probably I was misled by the lines above those you pointed:
"Requirements:
SWISS Upgrade Bargain is currently available on all SWISS long-haul flights...."
Interesting to notice that, apparently, between ZRH and GRU it is not possible to bid (at least... I have 3 legs on the next months and none of them is clearly eligible )
Thanks.
Probably I was misled by the lines above those you pointed:
"Requirements:
SWISS Upgrade Bargain is currently available on all SWISS long-haul flights...."
Interesting to notice that, apparently, between ZRH and GRU it is not possible to bid (at least... I have 3 legs on the next months and none of them is clearly eligible
)
Apr 29, 2015, 6:56 am
#21
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: ZRH / YUL
Programs: UA, TK, Starwood > Marriott, Hilton, Accor
Posts: 7,293
If indeed there are often op-ups on ZRH-GRU, then this means that there was an overbooked Y cabin and open seats in C and F. This is precisely the situation in which an airline would want to leverage this bidding tool: Instead of giving out free op-ups, you now alleviate your overbooking situation by accepting "bids" from Y passengers to get them into C.
An airline will not offer the bidding tool if they are confident that they can sell out the front cabin at the regular C / F ticket prices.
Apr 30, 2015, 6:00 am
#22
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: FLR-GRU
Programs: Miles&More ; A3*G
Posts: 85
SWISS Upgrade Bargain (Bid or email invite to upgrade)
My experience on the route ZRH-GRU-ZRH with Swiss is that I have never been upgraded (in 8/10 trips with FTL status with Miles&More and 4 trips as starGold). But I was upgraded, in the past, almost 50% of times while traveling MAD-GRU-MAD with Iberia and no status 
Apr 30, 2015, 9:46 am
#23
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: LH SEN, FB Plat., HH D.
Posts: 5,050
Actually, the logic here does not hold.
If indeed there are often op-ups on ZRH-GRU, then this means that there was an overbooked Y cabin and open seats in C and F. This is precisely the situation in which an airline would want to leverage this bidding tool: Instead of giving out free op-ups, you now alleviate your overbooking situation by accepting "bids" from Y passengers to get them into C.
An airline will not offer the bidding tool if they are confident that they can sell out the front cabin at the regular C / F ticket prices.
If indeed there are often op-ups on ZRH-GRU, then this means that there was an overbooked Y cabin and open seats in C and F. This is precisely the situation in which an airline would want to leverage this bidding tool: Instead of giving out free op-ups, you now alleviate your overbooking situation by accepting "bids" from Y passengers to get them into C.
An airline will not offer the bidding tool if they are confident that they can sell out the front cabin at the regular C / F ticket prices.
Of course this could be a consequence of previous op-ups from Y to C.
May 19, 2015, 11:59 pm
#24
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Athens
Programs: Aegean Gold
Posts: 25
Has anyone had any successful bids? I was offered PEK-ZRH, 600CHF minimum bid (which was they deem a "poor" chance of success), 740CHF for a "fair" chance. I put in 750 and am wondering if I'm over or under?
May 26, 2015, 1:05 am
#26
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SIN (with a bit of ZRH sprinkled in)
Posts: 9,446
PEK-ZRH is one of the routes where I've had the highest amount of OpUps in the past. Most possibly, that flight was massively oversold in Y (and usually not full in C from personal experience) - you most probably robbed a SEN (or FTL/*G) of an OpUp with your bid...
Jun 8, 2015, 2:44 am
#27
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Europe
Programs: M&Bonus Gold, TK Elite, Alitalia Freccia Alata, TopBonus Gold
Posts: 48
Bid
I just received this email too for my SIN-ZRH flight. Any successful bids from Forum members yet (other than BossB)? I bid 900 CHF...still in the poor category however, I have previously been upgraded via a phone call by their service centre for this exact same price...
Thanks
Thanks
Last edited by theswisswolf; Jun 8, 2015 at 7:13 pm
Jun 20, 2015, 6:55 pm
#28
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Europe
Programs: M&Bonus Gold, TK Elite, Alitalia Freccia Alata, TopBonus Gold
Posts: 48
Just to update: My bid of 900 CHF for a single leg from SING-ZRH was rejected....Shame but also shows, this is not a bargain or cheap way to get upgraded by any means!
Jun 29, 2015, 2:23 am
#29
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Switzerland
Programs: Miles & More
Posts: 14
Just got an invitation to bid for a ZRH-SIN flight. Minimum is 850CHF which I don't really find very cheap and the site tells me it's a weak offer.
At 3100CHF the gauge shows "excellent" offer.
for about two weeks I am WL on a upgrade by miles and it feels like this is not valued as much as money.....
Where is the attention for a 10yr loyal SEN*Gold?
At 3100CHF the gauge shows "excellent" offer.
for about two weeks I am WL on a upgrade by miles and it feels like this is not valued as much as money.....
Where is the attention for a 10yr loyal SEN*Gold?
