Plusgrade vs Seatboost (LIS-VIE)
Jun 12, 2021, 12:19 am
#1
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Plusgrade vs Seatboost (LIS-VIE)
Hello,
Currently for my LIS-VIE flight 1 month out, the minimum Plusgrade bid is 130€. In your guys experiences, is the Seatboost (<24h before departure) bid option usually cheaper or more expensive than the minimum Plusgrade bid?
I'd only be interested if the offer was significantly below 100€.
Thanks!
Currently for my LIS-VIE flight 1 month out, the minimum Plusgrade bid is 130€. In your guys experiences, is the Seatboost (<24h before departure) bid option usually cheaper or more expensive than the minimum Plusgrade bid?
I'd only be interested if the offer was significantly below 100€.
Thanks!
Jun 15, 2021, 2:54 am
#3
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: VIE/BTS
Posts: 975
With plusgrade, you get C miles. - are you sure wit this? is it still valid? Because I have read somewhere under plusgrade offer that you will still be credited original class code miles when upgraded.
Jun 16, 2021, 5:19 am
#5
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If you refer to the miles, it obviously depends on you objective (status?).
If you refer to the seating an service on board it definitely matters. TP has a much more generous seat pitch upfront (unlike LH/LX/OS) and the meals and drinks are excellent.
If you refer to the seating an service on board it definitely matters. TP has a much more generous seat pitch upfront (unlike LH/LX/OS) and the meals and drinks are excellent.
Jun 16, 2021, 10:56 am
#6
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TAP will award business class Status Miles and Bonus miles to TAP Miles & Go on Plusgrade, rather than the original mileage. I wish I could be absolutist about whether this works to all Star Alliance frequent flyer systems, but in essence you have to be careful. The wrinkle here is that TAP use fare basis rather than fare class for their system, which is different to most airlines. However Plusgrade reissues the ticket into typically P, but doesn't change the fare basis. So this credits on Aegean at 50% but not Miles and More/Lufthansa Group. However you may get the original economy credit if the fare basis is picked up by the receiving frequent flyer scheme.
Jun 16, 2021, 11:17 am
#7
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Is the meal and drinks worth 100€? That's for everyone to decide for themselves.
Jun 17, 2021, 6:54 am
#8
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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I think my Economy booking class is A (but in any case it shows 10% credit for the TAP program), so I probably would not get anything in Miles & More. If it stays the same despite an upgrade, I would still get nothing in Miles & More
Of course in this case it's not like we're talking about a lot of miles anyways but the lack thereof still adds to the unattractiveness of an upgrade imo
Of course in this case it's not like we're talking about a lot of miles anyways but the lack thereof still adds to the unattractiveness of an upgrade imo
Last edited by ArnoldB; Jun 17, 2021 at 7:01 am
Jul 2, 2021, 2:03 pm
#9
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Question - if my original fare is Economy Discount (without checked baggage) and I upgrade via Plusgrade or Seatboost, would I get checked luggage in both cases? And on a route FNC-LIS-VIE, would I need to upgrade both legs for the extra luggage?
Nov 30, 2022, 5:52 pm
#10
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: VIE/BTS
Posts: 975
just want to bump this thread curious about recent experiences. is that still true that seatboost earns original booking class code miles (eco) right?
Nov 30, 2022, 6:46 pm
#11
Join Date: Nov 2022
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Man I'm asking the same question. Plus is it me or is plusgrade bumping the price up? My cost for upgrading is over 2k rn.
Nov 30, 2022, 7:06 pm
#12
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: VIE/BTS
Posts: 975
well price went up everywhere. from my experience vie-lis / lis-vie min bid for plusgrade went from cca 120€ to 145€.
Last edited by romans; Nov 30, 2022 at 7:45 pm Reason: added correct new price
Dec 1, 2022, 1:48 am
#15
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Seatboost does not result in a re-issued ticket and therefore normally gets the originally booked class credits.
