Have an upcoming trip to India and got this from Air India today. Anyone have had any experience with making an offer for an upgrade?!

What would be a steal? EWR - DEL and back.

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$500-$750 (Not everyone may bid for it). If you are very keen, try to go for the higher number. Else, low ball them with $500. Air India may not have best of business class service but it’s certainly better than economy. Nothing compares to Qantas or Emirates.

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Btw, this is a sliding scale bid. Meaning once you click the link and give some details, your bid has to be within a range.
I went in and thought, let me bid for $200, what’s to loose. Then realized that the bid started at $1200. See ya!

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Am1 is right.

Each segment is on a sliding scale. EWR-DEL starts at $1,200. Return starts at $875.

My plan was to maybe go up to $200. So I'm not bidding anything 😊

This is my second time flying AI, out of about 12 trips I've taken to India. I try to avoid it as much as I can. But the price this time around was so low that it was a no brainer. And I'm not flying with family so I can just tough it out.

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Just go for it man. Sometimes, It’s not worth to spend $100’s dollars for crappy entertainment (emirates movies suck), sub standard food (which airlines have best food that you cannot get outside).

I don’t understand what the big deal about airlines. My priority is, cost, layover, timing. Rest, I can manage.

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If you bid an amount, do let us know how it went. This will serve as a good guideline for some of us who are traveling this summer.

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I mean air India business class is trash - so depends what you mean is it worth it

They fly the 777-300 these days for non stop flights between India- US. I flew business earlier this month- my review is that their infrastructure is veryyyy old and needs a complete redo. TV screens are so dated that there is a 1-2 sec lag when I press a button. But I paid for the lie flat beds, so not complaining. Service was good, much better than economy, where it’s just so chaotic.

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Going to be 1k each way to win

We are all cheapsters I say start at $111.11

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Oh boy - I’d never fly air india let alone pay for an upgrade. Last trip I took a month ago, I splurged and flew emirates business - would not do it any other way.

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