FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Post 3-Mar-2012:How to find upgrade inventory [+how to see fare bucket availability]
Old Apr 16, 2012, 6:58 am
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Originally Posted by V9
Now you have the option only to indicate what specific class, not classes for a round trip or multi-trip.
You can put a comma-separated list in that box which should meet your needs. If you want all the GPU-eligible fares there's a tool here which can help.
Originally Posted by SFOTurtle
But the website does show R and RN inventory for specific flights if you're looking at nonstop, point to point. So say there is upgrade inventory showing on the website on a nonstop long-haul flight. Shouldn't there still be upgrade inventory on the long-haul flight even if adding on a domestic connecting flight? Asked another way, would passengers traveling only from AAA-BBB have R inventory whereas passengers traveling from SFO-AAA-BBB would not have R availability even on the same AAA-BBB flight?
Both sets of passengers have access to the R inventory. The problem is that when doing the initial fare search the passenger on the connecting flight won't know that it is there because the display algorithm shows only what's available on both flights rather than the actual inventory of the individual flights. If you book the ticket then go in to request an upgrade it will actually upgrade the AAA-BBB flight and waitlist you on SFO-AAA.
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