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Old Jan 19, 2014 | 11:46 am
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Originally Posted by Thunderroad
6. With UA you have to buy a more expensive "W" economy fare to even be able to upgrade an international flight (with, again, such upgrades being tough to find), whereas with AA just about any economy fare can be upgraded.
I believe on UA you can upgrade with miles from any Y fare. This restriction only applies to GPUs on some int'l routes.
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