Upgrade offer

[b777jubilee]

Received this offer to upgrade my flight. Pardon me if it's discussed before but it seems to be happen to me or anyone else I know for the first time, Emirates style. Is this something new or has happened before?

Excerpts from the email

We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to upgrade your travel to Business Class, at a special rate, on your upcoming flight:


Booking Reference:


Experience Singapore Airlines' Business Class for SGD 475 one-way, per person. *Terms and conditions apply.

To take up this limited offer:
1. Call (+65) 6789 8188 and key in your 10-digit KrisFlyer membership number.
2. Let our customer service officer know that you would like to take up our "Economy-to-Business-Class" offer.

We look forward to welcoming you onboard Singapore Airlines.



Warmest Regards,
Bryan Koh
Senior Manager E-Commerce
Singapore Airlines Limited

[SilverChris]

Which route was this? Not SIN-KUL, I hope

[b777jubilee]

Which route was this? Not SIN-KUL, I hope

Sin - hkg

[ycp81]

Probably a new initiative to get additional revenue on flights overbooked in Economy?

[yflyer]

Sounds like a useful initiative, if they get the price of the upgrade right. I would be very happy to get this kind of paid upgrade offer from SQ via email.

AF had a similar initiative when I flew them to Europe a couple of years back.

QF also offers paid upgrades to PY or J at check-in. QF also has a standby upgrade mechanism (using FF points) where you register for a points upgrade via their website, at if there is space available at the time of your flight (a day or so before, more in advance if you are a premium FF), this will trigger the upgrade.

Apart from paid upgrades, I hope SQ is exploring how KF point upgrades can also be done at check-in if space is available.

[Kyo]

Would be nice for me, not so nice for super elites

[SGRBL]

Is this only for fully-flexi tickets ? Not sure if they apply to those saver tickets eg minimum 2-to-go Y tickets ?

[addictedtraveller]

Anyone else had this yet? It's a couple of months until I fly next with SQ...

[StarG]

CX is doing something similar but with bidding system.

[b777jubilee]

Dear all, just completed my flight few days back. It doesn't seem to be based on overbooking as the outgoing flight has only few business class seats occupied, easily J class loads are not more than 20%.

I guess it's only on flexi tickets which i am on.

[ycp81]

Dear all, just completed my flight few days back. It doesn't seem to be based on overbooking as the outgoing flight has only few business class seats occupied, easily J class loads are not more than 20%.

I guess it's only on flexi tickets which i am on.

How about economy? Is it full?

[b777jubilee]

How about economy? Is it full?

60%-70% load

[RCTP]

Not sure how they're targeting the passengers as I've paid for the cheapest tickets and received the same offer via email too. But it's only for sin-hkg leg.

Just a lowly ordinary of member.

[Jumbojet Lover]

Maybe it's a source of extra revenue that SQ is trialling on SIN-HKG, instead of having empty J seats.

[demue]

On SIN-HKG on a Flexi E fare it seems a tad expensive (475$) for my taste. I wouldn't be a buyer. YMMV