Upgrading with miles on international flights
#16
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GUCs clear day of departure from the waitlist into empty seats. The 'clear 3 hours before departure for DL and DL Connection flights' phrase suggests mileage upgrades do not.
#17
Join Date: Dec 2011
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Y as in Y full fare
I know upgrade availability isn't the same as available seats, but I imagine that the more seats available the greater the likelihood there is upgrade eligibility--6 ain't a lot, but it is a data point.
I know upgrade availability isn't the same as available seats, but I imagine that the more seats available the greater the likelihood there is upgrade eligibility--6 ain't a lot, but it is a data point.
#18
Join Date: Nov 2013
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You should call and ask for how many miles for the UG waitlist. Would be a good datapoint if nothing else ;-)
#19
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Minneapolis
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purchased M fare or higher. Now you can upgrade K fare or higher, so it requires more miles. The number of miles required for upgrade is based on your original booking class.
#20
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So international upgrades on Y/B/M fares are still roughly the same cost as previously? If so, that's great news (I had just assumed they had increased unreasonably once the other fare classes were made upgrade eligible earlier this year).
-FlyerBeek
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#22
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It depends on the partner. AF you can only upgrade to W from Y and to J from W. Others allow you to upgrade from Y to J, but most don't allow upgrade rewards, only outright J awards.
#23
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Right, but what about the milage cost. When I've called to ask about this, the cost to upgrade from Y to W on AF was like 65k miles, the same as what it would take to upgrade from Y to J on delta metal, which is insane. I was going to HUCA but never got around to it.
#24
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That's correct. AF considers PE the next cabin, and thus upgrade rewards are really one cabin upgrades on them. Sucks, but that's how it it with AF.