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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 8:47 am
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Originally Posted by bocastephen
I tried a dummy booking from a B fare and it books into R for both Int'l and domestic legs. The bad part is it wants 25k each way, even though my dummy booking had no availability in BF for the return segment - if the waitlist didn't clear, 25K miles plus $100 is a big price to pay for a short hop from EWR to FLL.
The good news is that you'd get your money and miles back if the longhauls didn't clear. On a BF upgrade reward one is only charged if the actual BF segment clears. If not you get to keep the other upgrades for free. :-:
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