Swiss Op-up
Sep 21, 2021, 8:15 pm
#18
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BKK
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most op-ups are done because your class is full/overbooked and there are seats available in the higher class...and currently not many long haul flights of LX are full/overbooked...
Sep 21, 2021, 11:51 pm
#19
Join Date: Sep 2015
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Sep 22, 2021, 1:58 am
#21
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,095
Right now a lot of rebooked tickets end up in higher fare classes (C/G/Y) which lifts your PCV immensely and guarantees an op-up (if the cabin is oversold).
Sep 22, 2021, 5:14 am
#22
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Sep 22, 2021, 6:55 am
#23
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BKK
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Sep 22, 2021, 10:58 am
#25
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BOS
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 194
My wife and I were upgraded on our last Swiss flight back to the US just before the pandemic started - we were waiting to board and I received the notification on my phone. That flight was not overbooked - I'll be curious to see what happens on this upcoming trip.
Sep 22, 2021, 1:02 pm
#26
Join Date: Jan 2021
Location: GVA / ALA
Programs: Miles & More SEN, ALL Platinum
Posts: 86
I'm SEN. I flew LX on ZRH-YUL route in August, overbooked by 40+ in economy class (M).
I already had a business class seat when online check-in opened 23h before my flight! Even got to pick the throne
I wonder if it would have been the case with a lower class but I guess so, they ended up upgrading people after boarding.
I already had a business class seat when online check-in opened 23h before my flight! Even got to pick the throne
I wonder if it would have been the case with a lower class but I guess so, they ended up upgrading people after boarding.
Sep 24, 2021, 3:30 am
#28
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: CH
Programs: LX SEN
Posts: 899
- rebooked flights originally on LX into a new LX flight remained in P (although D and Z appeared to be the lowest class available on the different rebooked legs).
- rebooked flights originally on LX into a new LH flight got upgraded from P to Z.
It hence seems that LX may "force" a P on its own operated flights, even if it is not available for sale any longer. And P means that there is virtually no chance for an op-up...
Jan 1, 2024, 2:44 am
#30
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: London
Programs: SK Gold, ITA Executive, Sixt Diamond, Hertz PC, Avis PC, IHG Platinum
Posts: 5,163
Also on the 23rd, ZRH-JNB upgraded from premium economy (N) to business at the gate, as the boarding started.
I spotted this in the app, so managed to quickly grab on of the last single seats (it initially assigned me into the window of the couple).
Flight looked pretty full in all cabins.
I spotted this in the app, so managed to quickly grab on of the last single seats (it initially assigned me into the window of the couple).
Flight looked pretty full in all cabins.
