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Feb 25, 2014 | 8:50 am

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Originally Posted by passioninlife77

I hit Premier 1K status and was awarded 6 Global and 4 Regional Premier upgrades. While this is all fine and dandy, I have recently moved to Kenya because of my work. The upgrades would have been lovely if I still lived in Chicago as I did until last year. It is my understanding that I can use the Global Upgrades on United flights only, and not on Star Alliance carriers. My work travels are almost within Africa and there is no way I am flying United except for maybe one or two flights between Europe and Chicago this year.

This is the first time I have hit Premier 1K, so I have never been in a situation where I have upgrades that I may not use. I hate to let them go to waste. Is there any other way to use these upgrades? I realize you cannot really sell them, but can they be transferred to another passenger? Do people really sell these upgrades?

Any advice from you seasoned travelers is highly appreciated. Please and thank you!

you can use GPUs on LH, but you need to have them converted to paper and a recent change is that you have to have a specific LH flight booked (PNR in hand) to be able to do this.

mileage plus service center can help. there's a thread somewhere. search "using GPUs on Lufthansa" or check the master WIKI thread.