ExpertFlyer - reflecting US Awards & Upgrades (Sep 2014)

 
Old Sep 17, 2014, 11:58 am
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ExpertFlyer - reflecting US Awards & Upgrades (Sep 2014)

Fantastic news from EF:

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Dear linglingfool,

As part of our continued partnership with American Airlines, we are pleased to announce that ExpertFlyer now supports full US Airways Award & Upgrade searching and alerting. The addition of awards and upgrades from US Airways operated flights will complement the existing American Airlines operated award/upgrade data already available to subscribers of ExpertFlyer. In addition Flight Alerts can now be created for award and upgrade inventory for US Airways operated flights.

The newly supported classes are:

O - First - Award/Upgrades, also complimentary Preferred upgrades into First
J - Business - Upgrades into Business using Certificate upgrades for ALL applicable routes
I - Business - Award/Miles Upgrade
X - Economy Award
Click here for the full list of airlines supported for Award & Upgrade searching and alerting.

We hope you enjoy the new addition to ExpertFlyer.

Sincerely, The ExpertFlyer.com Team
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Old Sep 17, 2014, 12:03 pm
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HALLELUJA!!!

That is absolutely fantastic news.

Just tried it. It works as easy as pie.

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Old Sep 17, 2014, 1:05 pm
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So the fare class to look for CP upgrades is J?
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Old Sep 17, 2014, 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by ellinj
So the fare class to look for CP upgrades is J?
Yes.
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Old Sep 17, 2014, 2:14 pm
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Fantastic news from EF:
Come on DAL! The water is fine. Jump in!
Help your customer--> ME
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Old Sep 17, 2014, 9:54 pm
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Glad to see this approach instead of Delta's
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Old Sep 18, 2014, 5:17 am
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Great news and good approach by AA! They are clearly trying to distinguish themselves from UA and DL.
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Old Sep 18, 2014, 9:45 am
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So, to be clear I is the bucket if trying to cash in miles for a biz ticket (whether buying ticket with miles or upgrading using miles). J is ONLY for chairmains certs?

Also, does J apply for certificate upgrades on flights to/from Hawaii?
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Old Sep 18, 2014, 10:29 am
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If I am trying to upgrade using miles which class would I want to be looking at for availability?
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Old Sep 18, 2014, 11:06 am
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Are we sure I is the low mileage envoy award? I thought the I bucket was UA. I know J is correct for the Envoy cert upgrade but I also thought it doubled as the envoy mileage award too?

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Old Sep 18, 2014, 2:29 pm
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Originally Posted by GNVGator
Are we sure I is the low mileage envoy award? I thought the I bucket was UA. I know J is correct for the Envoy cert upgrade but I also thought it doubled as the envoy mileage award too?

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I have US business seat booked with Dividend Miles that shows as I.
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Old Sep 20, 2014, 6:47 am
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Originally Posted by tacostuff
So, to be clear I is the bucket if trying to cash in miles for a biz ticket (whether buying ticket with miles or upgrading using miles). J is ONLY for chairmains certs?

Also, does J apply for certificate upgrades on flights to/from Hawaii?
Yes, J is for CP upgrade certs for aircraft with old Envoy (Business) cabin TATL/South America. The domestic O applies to/from Hawaii routes.

Originally Posted by teese35
If I am trying to upgrade using miles which class would I want to be looking at for availability?
I class.

Originally Posted by GNVGator
Are we sure I is the low mileage envoy award? ...
Yes, as presently configured. The medium and high band US metal awards come out of the C bucket.
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Old Sep 20, 2014, 8:38 am
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Originally Posted by tacostuff
Also, does J apply for certificate upgrades on flights to/from Hawaii?
I think it is O but not 100% sure. Saw some O availability when looking at PHX-HNL for the next couple of weeks.
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