it all depends... with our agency, one may "book" the YCA via the online res system, but before the agency tickets, they check if _CA is avail and ticket in the lowest fare class. I've had several colleagues who used to book YCA to europe and upgrade (if avail) for 15k miles... now their tickets are being booked in _CA, it has become 20k + $$$ co-pay.
Originally Posted by
Starman
I'm looking at a city pair on the GSA website where _only_ a YCA fare is shown, nothing under the cheaper _CA. In this case the instant upgrade eligibility would seem to be unavoidable. I've never seen this before -- is this common? A mistake? A rare but pleasant circumstance??