On board upgrades
Dec 20, 2015, 2:50 pm
#1
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On board upgrades
Do you have any experience of purchasing upgrades on board?
They are advertised here.
I have two upcoming flights (LCY-LIN and FCO-LHR), but I don't have enough miles for the upgrade. However, I could purchase the missing miles or transfer some Membership Reward points. There are currently 7 tickets on sale in business on both flights..
They are advertised here.
I have two upcoming flights (LCY-LIN and FCO-LHR), but I don't have enough miles for the upgrade. However, I could purchase the missing miles or transfer some Membership Reward points. There are currently 7 tickets on sale in business on both flights..
Dec 27, 2015, 7:41 am
#2
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Italy
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Do you have any experience of purchasing upgrades on board?
They are advertised here.
I have two upcoming flights (LCY-LIN and FCO-LHR), but I don't have enough miles for the upgrade. However, I could purchase the missing miles or transfer some Membership Reward points. There are currently 7 tickets on sale in business on both flights..
They are advertised here.
I have two upcoming flights (LCY-LIN and FCO-LHR), but I don't have enough miles for the upgrade. However, I could purchase the missing miles or transfer some Membership Reward points. There are currently 7 tickets on sale in business on both flights..
Dec 30, 2015, 4:48 am
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Thank you. That is different from what the Alitalia website says. It says you can upgrade on medium haul destinations, including Italy-UK. However, that is subject to the tablet being on board, which wasn't the case for my FCO-LHR flight.
Dec 30, 2015, 7:43 am
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On one of my recent flights from FCO to LIN (op by CT), a passenger requested an upgrade on bord. The maitre de cabin got his computer tablett and the fee was paid by credit card. No idea how much was charged.
Dec 30, 2015, 7:52 am
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Dec 30, 2015, 8:08 am
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Dec 30, 2015, 8:19 am
#7
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Yes, for the sake of 250 miles extra 
Probably, not. All I can think of, given also the highly business nature of that particular route, is an upgrade to comfort in order to have more flexibility on the way back/return flight. It is a rather common scene to see passengers going to the ticket desk at the lounges in FCO/LIN asking for availability on earlier flights...
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Probably, not. All I can think of, given also the highly business nature of that particular route, is an upgrade to comfort in order to have more flexibility on the way back/return flight. It is a rather common scene to see passengers going to the ticket desk at the lounges in FCO/LIN asking for availability on earlier flights...G
Dec 31, 2015, 5:43 am
#8
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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 9_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/601.1.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/9.0 Mobile/13C75 Safari/601.1)
Or, he has a company credit card and no one checking for futile expenses
Or, he has a company credit card and no one checking for futile expenses
Jan 1, 2016, 9:08 am
#10
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i made a purchase in the klm onboard shop , get granted without issues as long as i didnt exceed my budget , in the report i said it was for a service onboard !
Jan 3, 2016, 5:09 am
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It should not have been nowhere near as much!
Jan 4, 2016, 9:52 am
#14
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An upgrade BEFORE the flight costs 25k or 35k depending on your original booking class in eco, and you need availability in I
A space-available upgrade on board costs 50k one way.
Jan 7, 2016, 8:30 am
#15
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Unfortunately my info is correct. Upgrade before take off was not even possible (info was given by the gate managar - if you think this is a wrong info, well this is what he told me) and I re-confirm that I was asked 100k for 1 pax on that single flight. If this is a wrong info, blame AZ.. not me.. since I was shocked and asked to have it double checked. The onboard crew was friendly anyways, recognizing my CFA and allowing me to use an entire 4 seat row...