Bits: BA ‘Upgrade to First’ promo returns, Accor buys onefinestay, triple PPB points on Air Canada

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• Hfp reader says:

  6 Apr6 April 05:13

  Hate to start with an OT question, but when checking in for a recent BA flight in world traveller I was offered an upgrade to world traveller plus for 140 pounds one way at check in. I would like upgrade an upcoming flight to world traveller plus, the BA website is currently asking me to pay 350 pounds one way for this upgrade. Does anyone know whether this is likely to go down to 140 quid again if I wait until check-in? Anyone know how popular the world traveller plus cabin is? Is it worth waiting or is the cabin likely to be full?

  • John says:

    6 Apr6 April 05:36

    Check out the AUP/POUG threads on the BA forum on flyertalk

  • Rob says:

    6 Apr6 April 08:29

    Luck of the draw on the day, depending on how full WTP is and when you check in. £350 is the price to be sure!

  • Alex W says:

    6 Apr6 April 21:45

    My theory is if they are still offering you POUGs at the last minute, there’s a chance you could get a free upgrade anyway.

• David H says:

  6 Apr6 April 05:51

  Challenge Anika!

• James says:

  6 Apr6 April 06:05

  A bit cheeky but can the upgrade to first be used on the ex-London leg of an ex-Europe fare? (i.e. upgrade LHR-HKG on an AMS-HKG ticket)

• Paul says:

  6 Apr6 April 07:19

  Would be interesting to know how many of these are bought. The fare classes are quite expensive and as a leisure passengers certainly not something I am going to do.not for a seat in CW+

  • Andrew says:

    6 Apr6 April 07:54

    I know of someone who did buy one of these. They needed to book LHR-KUL for a last minute unplanned trip with three days’ notice. Assuming you want to fly J, at three days out on an ex-UK flight, only D class is made available, so a free upgrade is a no brainier.

    Unless you have the time to start in Europe where, seemingly, R class is made available on some routes – in this case time was of the essence.

• luke says:

  6 Apr6 April 07:44

  question raffles- why are those routes excluded, when only Bermuda has a first cabin?

  • Rob says:

    6 Apr6 April 08:25

    Dunno! Just copied and pasted the list 🙂

• Kipto says:

  6 Apr6 April 07:45

  Looking forward to Anika’s article on Airbnb. I looked at prices in Los Angeles for a forthcoming stay. When you add in the excessively high ‘cleaning’ costs I didn’t find them that competitive compared to hotels.

• Matthew says:

  6 Apr6 April 08:06

  Worth mentioning that I’m still seeing double membership reward points (i.e. 100% bonus points) on Airbnb trips booked on my 18 month old Amex Gold card. Airbnb is closer to hotel rates on the States for the most part, but we swear by it now in Europe for getting much better value than hotels, mostly based on being able to book entire apartments (so getting much more square footage for base hotel prices) or more interesting locations. This is leisure travel though admittedly.

• harry says:

  6 Apr6 April 08:26

  OT one I missed might be of interest;
  Sir Richard Branson sells Virgin America to Alaska Air for £1.8bn
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/04/04/sir-richard-branson-sells-virgin-america-to-alaska-air-for-18bn/

  • Peter K says:

    6 Apr6 April 09:23

    I’m sure there was an article I read somewhere about this too…oh yes, on HfP yesterday 🙂

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