Rex BidUp Success and Failures

[Fortunatecrow]

Got a 'you've been outbid' email from Rex this morning.

Am flying MEL-SYD on Thursday and have bid $50 so just above the minimum. I'm not desperate for an upgrade to J as it's a $99 fare and I'm booked into seat 3A for a further $15. Seat map is showing 5 J seats free (not the most reliable indicator of course).

I reckon 50% of the times I got those emails I still got the upgrade, so you are not necessarily out of the running.

Post automatically merged: Mar 1, 2024

The lounge was near capacity.

Look I am a fan of Rex – but in fairness that does not necessarily mean there were a lot of people inside!

 

[Brissy1]

I reckon 50% of the times I got those emails I still got the upgrade, so you are not necessarily out of the running.

Yes "outbid" can just mean only 1 higher bid for 1 of the 5 seats

 

[MELso]

Sadly, no dice on my $50 MEL-SYD bid. Loads were pretty solid on my flight with the footy and a long weekend looming.

 

[`X']

Have a flight today from BNE-SYD. Bid up about a week out for the minimum bid $40.

9:32am - 24 hours out from flight - Email saying I had been outbid
9:32am - 24 hours out from flight - Second email less than 20 seconds after the last one saying my bid was successful!

Confusing experience but will see how it goes today.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Have a flight today from BNE-SYD. Bid up about a week out for the minimum bid $40.

9:32am - 24 hours out from flight - Email saying I had been outbid
9:32am - 24 hours out from flight - Second email less than 20 seconds after the last one saying my bid was successful!

Confusing experience but will see how it goes today.

Yeah, that’s normal.

There is more than one seat available for upgrade. So while you may have been outbid, there were still seats left, which means they go to the next bid, and so on.