Originally Posted by
IAD1k
if i understood correctly, the M fare upgrade availability for 1k/GS is tracked under PN and this is ONLY for (mostly) domestic or short-haul int'l flights. but when i look at long haul, european and south american flights, i still see PN>0, what's this for? i was going to purchase an M fare IAD-AMS on a flight with PN4 but RN0. not sure what that's worth except a higher priority for SWU clearance when (if) they become available. in this case, how do you get any of those PN seats? any thoughts?
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You cannot upgrade into PN from M on that flight so don't bother trying. My guess is that it shows >0 because whatever algorithm they use to populate that bucket doesn't care what the route is, but it doesn't matter since ntohign can book in to it on that route.