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Sep 6, 2010 | 7:21 pm

#1095

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Originally Posted by RockyMntFlyer

Question regarding SWU: I am 1K, flying DEN-SFO-PVG (Q fare) and returning HKG-SFO-DEN (W fare) in mid October. I purchased a couple months ago and have been waitlisted for the the SWU ever since.

I elected to only apply the SWU to the international portions of the flight SFO-PVG and HKG-SFO. I would prefer not to use the SWU for just the flights to/from SFO, if I don't get upgraded on the Tranpac portions.

Is there any disadvantage to breaking it up this way? I want to make sure I'm not putting myself at a disadvantage for the upgrade.

Any advice would help.

Thanks.

Yes that is exactly what I have done for LAX SFO that connects to SYD flight. The LAX SFO is listed for UDU and the TPAC has SWU. So far neither have cleared though. No point wasting a SWU on a 1 hour flight

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