Cathay Pacific Asia Miles - upgrading CX flight booked by DL

*disclaimer-- I know this topic may have been discussed in the past, but after 10+ searchings without explanative results, I've decided to ask you guys*

That said, I was wondering if anyone can tell me what I'm in for:

I'm considering booking with DL to HKG. Flight path will be DL MSY-ATL-NRT, with a connection to CX in Tokyo. My Delta portion is an upgradeble coach fare, but the agent could not/did not tell me what fare type my CX fare was. Total amount came to $1370. Assuming this is a level of upgradeable fare, could I use AA miles to do so? Would the fact that it's booked by DL make any difference?

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Try the Unofficial Continental Dictionary (http://www.nonepass.com)

i don't think you can AA because the ticket has to be issued by AA on AA ticket stock.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by erik123:
i don't think you can AA because the ticket has to be issued by AA on AA ticket stock.</font>

*sigh* I figured as much, thanks for your informtion.

You can't upgrade CX using AAdvantage miles for any discounted coach fare, it has to be a full Y or B fare (which would be over $3K), so you didn't miss out by not having an AA issued ticket. Also upgrading NRT-HKG is wasteful, the upgrade is the same for trans-pacific, e.g. JFK-HKG.

Other than the fare restriction, I think it's been mentioned on FT that upgrade travel has to originate from N. America (i.e., you can upgrade N. Am. - Asia - N. America but not Asia- N. Am. - Asia).

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
Other than the fare restriction, I think it's been mentioned on FT that upgrade travel has to originate from N. America (i.e., you can upgrade N. Am. - Asia - N. America but not Asia- N. Am. - Asia).</font>

That applies to the All-Asia pass I do know (with cash, not mileage) but does it also apply to any such upgrades using AA miles?

ConcordeBoy, I still suggest we just pay the difference. If you'll look at the cost, it's not really that much over. Or hell, it's only a few hours, bite the bullet!

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A few AA agents I talked to said upgrades may be done for Asia-N. America-Asia. I think the AA website says 'between,' not 'from ... to.'