Listing of standby upgrades prices for THAI
Oct 16, 2009, 10:11 pm
#151
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Melbourne/Bangkok
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You seem to do On Departure Upgrades regularly, do the miles always post as Y or are you ever getting J miles lately
Oct 16, 2009, 10:59 pm
#152
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BKK.DPS
Programs: P THAI,Diamond HYATT
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Hi dazz81, yes I do get the 125% everytime, but I will not leave the service desk until I am sure they have ticked the right boxes. It's a game, if economy is overbooked and business is empty, I will buy economy. Most times I come unstuck and have to buy an upgrade 
regards bkkrop
regards bkkrop
Oct 17, 2009, 12:33 am
#153
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Melbourne/Bangkok
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Hi dazz81, yes I do get the 125% everytime, but I will not leave the service desk until I am sure they have ticked the right boxes. It's a game, if economy is overbooked and business is empty, I will buy economy. Most times I come unstuck and have to buy an upgrade regards bkkrop
regards bkkrop
Oct 17, 2009, 1:06 am
#154
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Hi dazz81, yes I do get the 125% everytime, but I will not leave the service desk until I am sure they have ticked the right boxes. It's a game, if economy is overbooked and business is empty, I will buy economy. Most times I come unstuck and have to buy an upgrade regards bkkrop
regards bkkrop
Oct 17, 2009, 2:05 pm
#156
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BKK.DPS
Programs: P THAI,Diamond HYATT
Posts: 3,290
Hi yosithezet, where are you?, I leave for CGK today spent a quick night @ the Hyatt, are you @ Conrad? this place is busy. I don't think they will credit miles on V<W's but at the BKK airport, enter the business check in area go to the end and turn sharp right, so behind the C check in iss the service area, pick a # and if try your luck. In the past I have been able to do it and get miles but it truely depends on how much the girl knows, The seats good I sleep every time on the 772. MEL is on DST and it's 4 hours ahead and the weather is looking good around 27. tell them you want your rop# to appear on the boarding pass, if that happens they have pressed most of the right buttons.
If you are on AU$ it's about 770 US will be a little less, have a good flight , must catch up, regards bkkrop
If you are on AU$ it's about 770 US will be a little less, have a good flight , must catch up, regards bkkrop
Oct 19, 2009, 12:12 am
#158
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: SIN
Programs: UA 1K, SQ*G, Marriott Plat
Posts: 63
Flew on overbooked FRA-BKK flight on 10 October and asked about standby Y-C upgrade. Was quoted $1200 (!) by the GA and politely refused. Not sure if this is the new "list" price (the old one was around $700 if I remember correctly) or if I was just unlucky.
Oct 25, 2009, 10:12 am
#159
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Germany / Thailand
Programs: M&M/S SPG livetime gold, but not running behind status & points anymore! Now only book value for $
Posts: 3,090
Even from I class them upgrade for the same price ! *** And book you into F *** and you get miles in your FFP
that are around 550 Euro or 800 USD
In the end of last year it was 24.000 THB, but also the SB upgr. for local flights like BKK-HKT got more expensive last month them charged 1500 THB for econ to buis., which still was 1200 THB some month ago, and 900 2y. ago.
with this price it is not longer worth to upgr. from econ. ! Because the deep discounted econ fares W/V class you can not upgrade and the higher priced econ like H/B/Y are more expens. if you add 1500 THB , than you book the J special in the front.
Nov 10, 2009, 4:31 pm
#161
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Rome, Italy
Programs: ROP GOLD, QFF GOLD
Posts: 32
Standby Upgrade BKK to FCO - Current cost?
Also, am I correct in assuming that if I use my renewing Gold 'Complimentary Upgrade' I could purchase, say, a Q Economy fare, use the Complimentary Upgrade to Business and then, if it's available at BKK when I arrive, I could pay for the Standby Upgrade from Business to First?
If I've correctly understood previous posts in this thread, some pax have managed to have F points awarded to their Thai FF accounts when they buy the Standby Upgrade, or am I missing/misunderstanding something?
Cheers
Nov 17, 2009, 4:49 pm
#164
Ambassador: Thai Airways
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Bangkok
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It actually depends..if your *A award ticket is issued by TG, then for sure, you CAN pay for standby upgrade on TG coded and operated flights shown on your ticket (assuming the segments are eligible - check the 1st post of this thread for current qualifying segments, most flights are eligible anyway).
For *A Award issued by other *A carriers, but a particular flight is on TG (coded and operated), I would give it a try at the airport anyway. You never know.
For *A Award issued by other *A carriers, but a particular flight is on TG (coded and operated), I would give it a try at the airport anyway. You never know.