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nas6034
Thanks!
So as a sample, I chose tomorrow, Sunday nights 1115pm flight from LAS to JFK and chose business class "D" and then on the next page chose fare rules and it said "Fare Code - YA00UPNQ"
Another fare rule says "Fare Code - MA07UPNP"
Does that mean its a "Y" and "M" fare automatically upgraded?
If it said "J" or something to that effect in the fare rules it means there is no upgrades available, right?
Not exactly. Here's my understanding of the situation:
The -UP fares aren't like normal upgrades. For all intents and purposes on Delta, they are discounted First Class fares and not upgraded Coach fares.* When you book an -UP fare, you book directly into A class and not into X or V, which are the upgrade classes.
Anyone who purchases an -UP fare will be booked straight into First Class, not just Medallions.
The "automatic" Y fare upgrade only applies to Medallions and is subject to availability in the X or V bucket. Immediately or as soon as seats are available in X or V, a Y fare will automatically upgrade to X/V. A -UP fare doesn't depend on X/V availability.
*Special note here because DL considered -UP fares to be First Class booking cabin and awarded miles accordingly. NW considered -UP fares to be coach fares and awarded miles accordingly. So, if you had purchased an HUP on DL, then you got 150% credit. If you purchased HUP on NW, you only received 100% credit. Now that we're using NWs WorldPerks system, we're only getting 100% credit for HUP, but I believe that you can request a manual credit to get the full 150%. There have been several threads about this.