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El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« on: January 02, 2019, 11:02:56 AM »
https://www.elal.com/he/Pages/Bid2Fly.aspx#bidflyer/auctions/

3 hour auctions. Every Wednesday, starting at 5:00 PM (Israel Time). (Only 2 more hours left for today's auction)

TLV to YUL $461
TLV to BOS $599
see above link for more auctions

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2019, 01:05:57 PM »
They just added a new option for last minute flights. Flights within 48 hours are pricing at 100$+ to Europe and 500$ To SFO!
https://www.elal.com/he/Pages/Bid2Fly.aspx?utm_source=bid2fly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=last_mintue_bid2fly_18062019_outgoing_gen&cid=ch:ema|s:el|m:ema|cp:last_mintue_bid2fly_18062019|ct:outgoing|au:gen#bidflyer/auctions/

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2019, 01:08:30 PM »
They just added a new option for last minute flights. Flights within 48 hours are pricing at 100$+ to Europe and 500$ To SFO!
https://www.elal.com/he/Pages/Bid2Fly.aspx?utm_source=bid2fly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=last_mintue_bid2fly_18062019_outgoing_gen&cid=ch:ema|s:el|m:ema|cp:last_mintue_bid2fly_18062019|ct:outgoing|au:gen#bidflyer/auctions/
Are you checking from isl?
Always praying for delayed baggage.

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2019, 01:08:44 PM »
Are these all TLV origination only?

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2019, 01:10:52 PM »
Are these all TLV origination only?
yes

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2019, 01:11:50 PM »
Are you checking from isl?
no, but possibly it only comes up in the IL site

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2019, 10:23:50 PM »
Flights to NYC 567$ 6/24-7/8
SFO now for 450!
This is amazing!

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2019, 10:41:30 PM »
I don't get it. Isn't the whole point of last minute booking to be more expensive. They will have to reprice things somewhere if this takes off

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2019, 08:14:56 AM »
I don't get it. Isn't the whole point of last minute booking to be more expensive. They will have to reprice things somewhere if this takes off
I’m guessing they only sell specific flights that have many empty seats. High demand flights will remain more expensive

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2019, 11:08:42 AM »
Any biz class?
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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2019, 11:35:34 AM »
I’m guessing they only sell specific flights that have many empty seats. High demand flights will remain more expensive

Well then that does not bode well for SFO route  :-\

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2019, 08:52:18 PM »
How does infant work with these?

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2019, 09:59:41 PM »
How does infant work with these?
Not sure. You’d probably have to call after booking and they’ll charge 10% of the full price.

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2019, 04:19:45 PM »
Seems they are allowing bids for departures 4 days out and not just 48 hours.
Some of the prices are truly impressive assuming you can get it for the minimum price.

I would suggest you "price is right" it and offer $1 more then the minimum.

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2019, 02:39:41 AM »
I’m guessing they only sell specific flights that have many empty seats. High demand flights will remain more expensive

They have New York/San Francisco/Mumbai/London/Hong Kong etc....this would mean that they are having issues everywhere.

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2019, 04:27:47 AM »
They have New York/San Francisco/Mumbai/London/Hong Kong etc....this would mean that they are having issues everywhere.
Not necessarily.

If they have data from the last 10 years, they should be able to modal how many seats actually get sold at high prices in the few days before a flight. Assuming they can sell X seats at Y price that totals a greater number then the total for the expensive seats they would have sold = a greater total profit.

Don't forget that all these flights are sold as "light" fares which means LY will collect additional income from all the ancillary fees such as luggage, seating etc'

Lastly, not everyone is aware or has the patience to play the bidding game. If someone must fly on a given flight they will still likely pay the high price.

Therefore, LY can manage to capture the demand of those who will only fly at a lower cost without losing the extra revenue of those that are willing to pay the higher price. In economics there is a term for this and a way to show it on a supply/demand chart.

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2019, 07:22:58 AM »
They just added a new option for last minute flights. Flights within 48 hours are pricing at 100$+ to Europe and 500$ To SFO!
https://www.elal.com/he/Pages/Bid2Fly.aspx?utm_source=bid2fly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=last_mintue_bid2fly_18062019_outgoing_gen&cid=ch:ema|s:el|m:ema|cp:last_mintue_bid2fly_18062019|ct:outgoing|au:gen#bidflyer/auctions/

its not working since yesterday.

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2019, 07:56:39 AM »
its not working since yesterday.
+1
Talk about high tech.
On the plus side, the 48 hours somehow includes flights up to 4 or 5 days out so....

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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #18 on: June 29, 2019, 03:57:29 PM »
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Re: El Al Auctions - Bid2Fly - TLV to YUL and more
« Reply #19 on: July 10, 2019, 08:21:02 AM »
Anyone had success with these bids? How much above the "reserve" price was necessary?