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Old Jul 17, 2013, 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by lindaiah
I bought a B fare IAH-LHR-IAH and used miles to upgrade (no fee). The fare class on the ticket says "R." Just R.
When the miles actually hit your account the fare class will be something like BZ (rather than B it would have otherwise). As has already been said, you'll get B rate miles, which will be 150%.
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