Originally Posted by
fireworksboy
I'm not sure "had" was the correct term. I guess the OP could've waited and took the chance that the complimentary battlefield upgrade might have come thru but decided to confirm for a price. Maybe I'm mis-reading something.
Nah...you're not misreading anything. A platinum elite decided to confirm a seat in an F fare bucket and paid for it. They apparently felt compelled to do so because they were worried that sufficient other passengers might pay for F seats and they wouldn't get one for free. Apparently that's coercion these days.
As for whether the OP will get 150% credit or not, we'd need to know the original itinerary (EWR-MIA or a connection involved), whether the upgrade was purchased at OLCI or in advance and the original fare basis to figure that out. My guess is that it was a buy-up to an M fare, not a B fare based on looking at the published fares on the route:
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Flexible Fare Search -- EWR-MIA roundtrp for date range Oct-Apr on carrier CO -- Continental Airlines
Carrier|From |To |FareBasis |Fare |Min |Max |Adv. Purch|Earliest |Latest |
CO |EWR |MIA |SA14BN |USD$ 182 | | |14days | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |SA10BN |USD$ 212 | | |10days | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |WA10BN |USD$ 247 | | |10days | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |VA7BN |USD$ 285 | | |7days | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |QA7BN |USD$ 333 | | |7days | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |QA3BN |USD$ 378 | | |3days | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |HA3BN |USD$ 436 | | |3days | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |MA0BN |USD$ 556 | | |seerules | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |BB |USD$ 867 | | |seerules | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |BCOUP1 |USD$ 871 | | |seerules | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |D1 |USD$ 962 | | |seerules | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |Y8 |USD$ 1417 | | |seerules | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |F1 |USD$ 1578 | | |seerules | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |Y |USD$ 2366 | | |seerules | | |
CO |EWR |MIA |F |USD$ 3397 | | |seerules | | |
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Looks like a W or V fare upgraded to M. For a $290 r/t upcharge to get to the B fare (and 150% EQMs) the OP would have likely needed to be on an M fare already so the same ZE inventory would have been available without paying.