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Old Aug 14, 2011, 9:09 am
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IFE Wizard
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Close to Heathrow
Programs: BA GGL, Gold for Life, CCR, VS Silver, HHonours Diamond
Posts: 549
I have just had a similar deal, with a sting in the tail.

Flying WT+ to MIA I received, by name, an offer on "Manage my Booking", an upgrade to CW one way for £339. Tried to book on line but kept being told that there was a fault on the site and to call for this offer.

When I called I was told that I did not qualify for this offer. Can't work out why other than possibly because I purchased the ticket with shareholder discount. However, going back to the Manage my Booking site, I found that if I chose to upgrade both outbound and return (the return upgrade price was £1,820) then it would let me upgrade the outbound at the low price. No question on how this was originally ticketed.

And no, i did not think this was a deal I wanted.
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