FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Booking TATL with UA; how to ensure the right fare code
Thread: Booking TATL with UA; how to ensure the right fare code
View Single Post
Old Dec 29, 2010 | 7:45 pm
  #8  
warreng24
10 Countries Visited
20 Countries Visited
30 Countries Visited
20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: TUS and any place close to a lav
Programs: UA 1.7MM
Posts: 5,424
Originally Posted by FL2009
2- If I book on UA metal, he's told me before that there are certain fare classes you can book into such that a paid E+ upgrade will be available.
When E+ was first rolled out, if you had no status with UA and you booked a full Y (I think B was included) fare you were eligible to select a E+ seat at no additional cost.

Sometime (IIRC 2009) this was changed. Y and B are no long eligible for E+ (at no cost). However, any fare class can pay to upgrade to E+. Doesn't matter which fare class.

The change was made at the same time Star Gold and Star Silver (non-UA elites) lost their free access to E+.
warreng24 is offline