FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Upgrade rip-off?
View Single Post
Old Apr 17, 2012 | 5:09 pm
  #4  
sadiqhassan
10 Countries Visited
All eyes on you!
20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pennsylvania
Programs: AA Platinum Pro, AC *S, Marriott Gold Elite, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 9,791
Originally Posted by jackiedada
Most of my flying is to destinations other than DXB so I invariably face this problem whenever I upgrade using miles. What I usually do is that when the upgrade for the second leg of the onward or return opens up, I call up skywards and then they hold the previously upgraded seat for me, cancel the miles for that leg, than then upgrade the entire onward or return using a single reward - helps save a couple of thousand miles every time...
I tried that but was told that I can't do that unless there are award seats on both segments (i.e. if i cancel the miles i lose the upgrade no matter what)

which office did you use?
sadiqhassan is offline