New: Bid upgrades
Apr 26, 2019, 2:24 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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New: Bid upgrades
It looks like they've launched a new "bid upgrade" system (similar to Air Canada's):
https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/travel...ptions/upgrade
To be honest, I found it all confusing trying to figure out exactly how this works. There seem to be multiple pages of FAQs and instructions with multiple tabs and pop-down trays. (Perhaps they should work on brevity...)
I don't have a Y class flight imminent, so I gave up on trying to figure it all out.
But... it looks like you can now enter an offer amount to bid for an upgrade to Premium or Business ... between 120 days and 5 days prior to travel ... and upgrades are selected at T-5 days. I think. If successful, your credit card is automatically charged at T-5. If not, you keep your original seat and cabin.
(If I'm right, I find it frustrating. As a Gold member, I get early access to purchase upgrades as one of my big perks. But now all of the 'bidders' - regardless of status - are in front of me in the line. Hmmph.)
https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/travel...ptions/upgrade
To be honest, I found it all confusing trying to figure out exactly how this works. There seem to be multiple pages of FAQs and instructions with multiple tabs and pop-down trays. (Perhaps they should work on brevity...)
I don't have a Y class flight imminent, so I gave up on trying to figure it all out.
But... it looks like you can now enter an offer amount to bid for an upgrade to Premium or Business ... between 120 days and 5 days prior to travel ... and upgrades are selected at T-5 days. I think. If successful, your credit card is automatically charged at T-5. If not, you keep your original seat and cabin.
(If I'm right, I find it frustrating. As a Gold member, I get early access to purchase upgrades as one of my big perks. But now all of the 'bidders' - regardless of status - are in front of me in the line. Hmmph.)
Apr 26, 2019, 5:13 pm
#4
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 125
It is only supposed to be available on certain routes as a trial. It wasn't mentioned which routes though.
Apr 27, 2019, 1:55 pm
#7
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 616
Today my multi-city res shows up but like the other person, I'm only getting the opportunity to bid on HNL - YVR (and I'll pass at $240 for a 737-800 upgrade, no thanks).
Apr 28, 2019, 6:39 am
#9
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Apr 28, 2019, 4:39 pm
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Apr 28, 2019, 5:20 pm
#13
Join Date: Jun 2010
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On longer flights I tend to book into Plus right from the start ... if I want the seat, then I know I have it with no games.
But on shorter hauls where I've booked into standard Y I've noticed the bid amounts, plus what I paid for the Y seat to begin with, are often close to or even higher than what a Plus seat would have cost from the outset. Hmmmm.
But on shorter hauls where I've booked into standard Y I've noticed the bid amounts, plus what I paid for the Y seat to begin with, are often close to or even higher than what a Plus seat would have cost from the outset. Hmmmm.
Apr 29, 2019, 8:56 am
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