Corn fritters on HBA-SYD this morning.
I've never bothered with bid-now upgrade me thingy. 3C in Economy X free on the cheapest fare does me just fine when I can't snag a cheap J fare.
But I got the invitation a few days ago for my HBA-xSYD-ADL flights today. Saw "recommended" bid as $250 which I thought would be reasonable value, until I scrolled down and saw that that was just for the first leg
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So I put a cheeky $150 bid in for the first leg, and soon got an e-mail saying I was 'outbid'; no surprise. Then, the next day (yesterday), I got an e-mail saying my bid was accepted. I never looked at the loads (indicating my lack of caring!!)
Is this unusual - being knocked back and then accepted?
My successful offer was 60% of their 'recommended' bid. Would it be usual for a bid of that tenor to be accepted? I know it will depend on loads, but is there a low threshold that they will never accept?
EDIT: Read some more of the thread and it looks like I may have over-bid!