Be careful listening to any bidding advice on here.

If I had listened to pedro4president’s advice when I bid for CA upgrade a couple of bids ago, I would’ve missed out on roughly 10k ish of withholding pay.

That was pre standing vacancy bid LOA so the playing field has changed since then.

But everyone’s individual circumstances are different and you should bid whatever best suits your own situation.

The only solid advice that rings true for daily, monthly and vacancy bidding is never bid for anything you don’t want.

Read the LOA and the contract ten times over then bid/proffer accordingly.

The million dollar question I would be asking if I were an FO that hit CA mins for the next bid would be, how many CA slots are there vs amount of eligible FO’s that can upgrade.

I can see valid reasons to not preference bid given the new LOA, but I can’t see any reason to not proffer to displace.