Upgrade on Malaysian Airlines -MHUgrade

PennyForThem_2

This is an auction where you can bid for an upgrade. It is available for travel agent bought tickets.


You can bid to upgrade if you are eligible - you enter name and check in reference to find out.


Lottery - so no guarantee but I got upgraded to business from economy from Kuala Lumpur to Perth for £125.


http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/plan/MHupgrade.html

NiftyDigits

I saw that....though they offered me a fair amount less than that. Are you only upgrading one way? I thought about it, but just upgrading a quarter of the flight seemed a waste of time and money.
If it were for both ways, I would snap it up.

fifeken

Bidding process available on several airlines now.

KLM and Aer Lingus have systems and Plusgrade covers another 9 airlines. There may be more.

http://www.plusgrade.com/

PennyForThem_2

one way but meant I arrived in Perth refreshed and ready to go! Also I had never experienced business class so I saw it as part of a holiday 'trip' equivalent. I may have achieved it for less but that was what I was willing to pay and indicator told me had fair chance of acceptance.


Really interested to know about other airlines - think it a great idea

NiftyDigits

OptionTown run a similar program.

fifeken

NiftyDigits wrote: »

OptionTown run a similar program.

That's the one I was trying to think of when I posted yesterday.

1trainer1

This is very interesting, have never heard of any of these but will look into them more on my next long haul trip.

Do emirates not do the same thing?

Leanne1812

I'm flying short haul with Malaysian tomorrow. I booked direct and they emailed me last week giving me this option. As the flight is only 1hr 30 mins I declined but it would be interesting to consider long haul. The email link had a sliding scale of red to green indicating if I'd be successful depending on how much I was prepared to pay.

fifeken

1trainer1 wrote: »

Do emirates not do the same thing?

No bidding process on Emirates.


They sometimes email passengers a few days before they travel offering a fixed price upgrade.

paddyrg

fifeken wrote: »

No bidding process on Emirates.


They sometimes email passengers a few days before they travel offering a fixed price upgrade.

Although Etihad do, and the hub airports are only an hour or so apart ;-)

budgetflyer

fifeken wrote: »

No bidding process on Emirates.


They sometimes email passengers a few days before they travel offering a fixed price upgrade.

A few years back the emailed me a few days b4 Trivandrum to Dubai upgrade for £69 and Dubai to Glasgow £259