BenA

Quick question about the new Global Upgrade certificates offered to Diamonds: how do the expiration dates work?

Let's say a certificate expires on September 1st. Which of these is correct?

1- ticket must be reissued (e.g. all segments upgraded to OP, certificate marked as CLOSED) by September 1st; the upgraded segment(s) can be flown afterward

2 - ticket must be reissued by September 1st and travel needs to begin by September 1st, but the first upgraded segment can start on a later date

3 - ticket must be reissued by September 1st and the first upgraded segment must be flown by September 1st, but additional upgraded segments can be flown on later dates

4- ticket must be reissued by September 1st and all upgraded segments must be flown by September 1st, but additional segments in the ticket that aren't upgraded can be flown later

5- the ticket must be entirely flown by September 1st

My understanding of the old PU503 certificates was that #1 was the correct behavior: as long as the certificate was consumed by the expiration date through the reissue process, travel could be later. But I don't know if that's changed in the new PU590 certs, and I'm having trouble finding an authoritative answer.

Thanks in advance!

BenA

FWIW, I'm aware that the Terms and Conditions state:

But IIRC, the old PU503s said this too, and for some reason I distinctly remember that the ticket reissue date was the date that mattered in practice - that the language was there to avoid exposing the ticket reissue process to customers.

Essentially, I'm curious whether this is enforced in practice...