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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 7:09 pm
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snod08
 
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Originally Posted by sbm12
This isn't particularly helpful because one would be buying the ticket on a different carrier and then upgrading.

I'm quite surprised to hear that CO cannot check the upgrade options until the flight is ticketed. I'd try again and get a different agent to look at it.
Thanks sbm12. Yes, basic rule of FT. Call and get another agent who knows better.

I was planning to buy something directly off of CO.com (in case they were selling those exact flight numbers...and they did have one of three!).
Eventually i did not buy anything. The fares are way higher if directly purchased with the airline (e.g., LH in this case). I am still thinking. I need to figure out if I really want to do this.

Originally Posted by smartinez
Well - I asked about that, but she said these could not be cancelled since they were with another airline. I'm not sure that's true either...
Good to know. In this case, again, i guess call another agent and see what they say.

Originally Posted by KVS
Please see http://Help.KVSTool.com/#Classes for a list of upgrade booking classes for each specific Star Alliance carrier...
Thanks for this info. This indeed awesome!
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