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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 1:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Musken
My husband booked our tickets last week and confirmed them this week. He asked both times whether it was possible to use the e-vouchers, but they sayd no. They being the people at the HON service centre or whatever it is called. What we wanted to do was to buy the economy tickets with miles and then use the vouchers to upgrade to business class. Maybe it is different if we would want to buy the tickets with normal money? I don't know but would like to hear it if someone else knows.
It is very rare to be able to upgrade an award (without cancelling and rebooking as an award in a higher class of travel). AFAIK the only airline that permits this is NZ on NZ-issued awards.

So, yes there is a big difference between paid and award economy tickets.
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