GoCanes

Was just curious, if anyone has booked an "upgrade with miles" ticket and what the final receipt looks like...

I see when I price out Y fares that the option shows up. If you click on it, it changes the class of service to F and shows the price plus miles. If you actually book it, does it show the Y class for the fare on the receipt or just shows F.

Booking some future flights that get reimbursed for Y, but not F and do not want to jeapordize my reimbursement.

I also assume the upgrade with miles option is not available after booking. I do not see it as an option on any of my other bookings.

javabytes

It will show the first class fare. You are essentially buying the first class fare, and paying for what the coach portion would have cost using cash, and the difference using miles.

No, the upgrade with miles button is not available after booking. In many cases you can still upgrade with cash after booking, but not miles.

leew

My itinerary for such flights shows :First, RP and my receipt shows: Open RP So while the receipt doesn't show first class, it doesn't show coach, either. If you BUY the upgrade, both the receipt and itinerary shows First.

MSPeconomist

RP is a first class inventory bucket, specifically for upgrades into FC using instruments: miles, SWUs or RUCs/GUCs. Elsewhere down in the fare construction you *should* be able to see the original coach fare construction.

However I'm surprised that these things, where you use pay with miles for the fare difference rather than paying the fixed number of miles for the upgrade from the charts, book into RP and not G A P. I had thought that a major advantage was that upgrade inventory is not required for this method.

javabytes

I am surprised also. leew, are you referring to tickets for which you paid economy K class or higher, and then used (typically 12,500) miles to do a plain old SkyMiles upgrade? Or are you referring to tickets where you have checked the box during the checkout process to "upgrade with miles" where the price is identical to the cash buy-up at a rate of $0.01 per mile?

dagwag77

I haven't used the upgrade with miles on the website, I'll have to give that a shot... I usually call DL to make the reservations where I want to upgrade with SM and the tickets/receipt have shown "K/OP" (or whatever fare you're booked into).

flyerCO

The receipt will show the class of service for the flight in F as it should.

However farther down the receipt in the details section it will show the actual fare basis you paid for the flights. This is what will tell them what you actually paid.

Also note that sometimes you can get 1)an economy ticket that books into First class or 2)A non-refundable/restricted actual First class ticket for less then the cost of Y.

I know of no company that begrudges you flying in first IF it costs LESS then Y. In the case of number one it will actually show as an economy class ticket in the fare details section. Number 2 will of course show as first class in the fare details section, however if it's less then Y get a print out of the Y fare from DL to attach showing you saved the company money. Most times you can get them side by side on the same screen print out.

sethb

Another thread has listed several that do so for various reasons.

leew

FWIW, the ticket receipts I was referencing were (Hawaii) flights puchased in M (not sure) and upgraded under old upgrade structure, thus the RP class, I guess. In any case, I can't find any actual reference to the purchased class on my receipt, and I haven't booked any tickets using the new upgrades that are based on revenue. So, the OP's situation may be different.

javabytes

Yes, that is a plain old SkyMiles upgrade, and would certainly be M upgraded into RP. This is a different program.

Profchemnerd

My employer bans F tickets, even if thy are cheaper. But, sometimes I buy the Y ticket, get the receipt, then cancel within 24 h and buy the F ticket, and cover the difference on my dime.