Fiji Airways Bula Bid upgrade

[Mattg]

I'm flying with Fiji Airways next week and was invited to bid for an upgrade using their Bula Bid system. Went on to have a look at the minimum bids required and they seem a bit high:



I won't take up their offer but thought some people on this forum might be interested to see how it works and what kinds of prices FJ is asking.

 

[Sprucegoose]

My view is they're both day flights and if you get a shadow then that would suffice (for me). I paid $A1k to UG on a daylight from SIN-MEL on TK and felt that was reasonable value on a 359. FJ361 is an older 332, albeit a longer flight, but at $1.5k it is very much borderline territory and would depend on how I was feeling at check-in - which may make it too late for an UG at that point.

 

[Mattg]

Agree that it's not worth it at those prices for daytime flights. If I was flying overnight (e.g. to/from North America) I might consider it.

I'd be interested to know what kind of bid ranges others have been offered on Fiji Airways.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Agree that it's not worth it at those prices for daytime flights. If I was flying overnight (e.g. to/from North America) I might consider it.

I'd be interested to know what kind of bid ranges others have been offered on Fiji Airways.

If I am offered a bid, I always bid low because they want to offload the seat. A higher bid than the lowest means you're possibly just bidding against yourself.

 

[masco131]

Agree that it's not worth it at those prices for daytime flights. If I was flying overnight (e.g. to/from North America) I might consider it.

I'd be interested to know what kind of bid ranges others have been offered on Fiji Airways.

When i flew in feb last year, it was only around 400FJD and got the upgrade for 2 people. That is a bit steep for a 4 hours day time flight

 

[Mattg]

When i flew in feb last year, it was only around 400FJD and got the upgrade for 2 people. That is a bit steep for a 4 hours day time flight

What route?

 

[masco131]

What route?

It was SYD-NAN and the day time flight too. I highly rate their business class and would happily fly them to North america

 

[Catweazle]

When i flew in feb last year, it was only around 400FJD and got the upgrade for 2 people. That is a bit steep for a 4 hours day time flight

Was this for a ‘Bula Bid’?

We booked rewards via QFF but haven’t received the email. Assuming this is for cash only airfares thus.

We can still ask upon checkin I guess. The worst they can say is ‘no!’

 

[SYD]

Was this for a ‘Bula Bid’?

We booked rewards via QFF but haven’t received the email. Assuming this is for cash only airfares thus.

Not just cash, but booked direct with FJ - one would assume.

We can still ask upon checkin I guess. The worst they can say is ‘no!’

Yep