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Jan 13, 2011 | 7:05 pm

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beerup

Join Date: Nov 2008

Programs: AA EXP 3MM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grand_canyon

Thanks for the great advice. Just a few more questions.

1) Is this something I could do all in one swoop? So I could call AA and say I want to go from PHX to LHR and I want to use miles plus cash to upgrade or I won't want to take this flight or will they say you have to buy the flight first then we'll see what happens on the upgrade.

2) I'm suppose to use our corporate travel web site which is the corporate site for Expedia. Could I book there and then turn around and call AA and try to do the upgrade?

Just trying to figure out the best way to do this.

Thanks again.

1) The best thing to do is a) determine C availability on EF, b) put flights on hold on AA.com, c) call AA and ask for the held flights to be upgraded and ticketed (there will be a ticketing fee)

2) Yes, if you book the flights from another site, you can still upgrade (maybe not true for consolidator fares). However, Expedia is no longer listing AA flights, see http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/ota.jsp