Now, bid for Air India business class seats with Upgrade Lite
If flying business or first class and enjoying the luxuries has been on your mind, then worry not because under Air India’s new scheme you finally can.
Air India just launched their new domestic airport upgrades scheme Get Up Front’, in which they are offering a chance for everyone to fly Business class on Air India domestic routes.
According to the airline an additional 12 per cent GST will also be applicable on the scheme.
The offer is applicable for all passengers, be it an adult or a child and is also open to all valid ticket holders, i.e. revenue and non-revenue tickets like award tickets, companion free tickets, concessional tickets and discounted tickets.
The airline also mentioned that the upgrade is only applicable on economy to business and business to first class tickets and not on economy to first class tickets.
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To bring in cash and also fill up seats, Air India has introduced Upgrade Lite, a service through which passengers can bid for First and Business Class seats.
Successful bidders will be notified at the check-in counters while those not successful will get a refund. Air India has partnered with Optiontown, a travel option website, to jointly allow an upgrade to First or Business class. Under Upgrade Lite, the airline is claiming to offer seats for up to 75 % less.
More information about price.
Air India uses Boeing Co.’s B 777-300ER and B 777-200LR aircraft on long-haul flights. While the B 777-300ER has 342 seats, with four in first class, 35 in business, and 303 in economy, the B 777-200LR has a capacity of 238 seats, with eight in first, 35 in business, and 195 in economy class.
These aircraft are deployed on the New York, Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Newark, Paris, Toronto and Tokyo routes. Local flights include only business and economy seats.
The first-class seats are sometimes the only ones available on non-stop routes such as New Delhi-New York. They are also the most expensive.
A one-way Delhi-New York ticket for next week on Air India will cost ₹ 228,495 for first class, ₹ 117,709 for business class, and ₹ 34,610 for economy class.
Air India officials said that bids are accepted per person and per flight, and not on a total itinerary.
“So you will have to bid on each individual flight separately if you have more than one connection, and you must bid on each individual passenger’s reservation.
This is important since upgrades are non-transferable.
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