Hi,

Just flew back from Germany to the US yesterday and noticed something strange on my mileage plus account. I bought a W class ticket to upgrade to business on my TXL-FRA-IAD-SFO return ticket on Monday. I was upgraded when booking to C on the FRA-IAD (777) and F on the IAD-SFO (320). Due to weather conditions, my flights was cancelled for TXL-FRA so was rebooked for Tuesday TXL-FRA-ORD-SFO.

The Lufthansa agent in Berlin booked me directly onto C for the FRA-ORD on the 777 (same as before) but then booked me into F on the ORD-SFO on the new 3 class 767 instead of rebooking my flights into Y then allowing the SWU to apply for my upgrades. Are they allowed to do this on their own with a ticket purchased in economy? Also just noticed on my MP account that my ORD-SFO gave me a booking code EQM bonus (still waiting for the FRA-ORD ticket to post to see if I get the EQM bonus for that as well).

If UA gives me the EQM booking code bonus for the FRA-ORD segment, I will achieve 1K. I had a mileage run set up for this weekend to hit 1K but may now just skip the flight. My only concern is if UA later decides the booking code bonus is not kosher and takes them back. Is this a possibility? Should I go ahead and do my mileage run just in case this happens? I don't really care about the RDMs and would prefer to sleep in on Saturday instead of heading back to SFO for a 6AM flight.

Thanks for any advice anyone can provide.

BTW, being a 1K/*A Gold was incredibly valuable on Monday. The Lufthansa ticket counters in TXL were a zoo. The economy line was at least 200+ people long. The 1st class/*A Gold line, with 2 agents, only had 1 person in line when I got there. That alone probably saved me 2+ hours of waiting in line. And this being Europe, Lufthansa had to set me up with a hotel and dinner for the night even thought it was a delay due to weather. Also, the Senator lounge in TXL was very nice. Not full at all and it even includes its own smoking room (http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...s/thumbsup.gif if u are smoker http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/smile.gif)