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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 9:50 am
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Originally Posted by Powers106
I am curious about booking a flight in economy (PHX-IAH) and how it will work for getting a free upgrade to first. I am more familiar with Delta and being platinum I usually find out 5 days before the flight. Well, with Continental, I rarely fly with them in the USA, mostly earn the miles on other *A carriers.

So, if I book an economy ticket on CO as a Platinum member do they offer free upgrades similar to Delta, given availability.

Thanks and sorry for kind of a newbie question... Powers
CO offers upgrades via Elite Upgrade Automation (EUA) that works a bit like the system over at DL. For CO Plats, the upgrade process begins five days out and will be sorted by status, fare bucket, and then time purchased.

Note that this is only offered for flights that are not marketed as BusinessFirst. All BusinessFirst flights (mostly international) do not qualify for EUA.
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