Originally Posted by
Bonehead
I thought there were stories of people getting bumped back to economy on -UP fares because they actually not true FC/BC fares or don't REALLY book you into FC/BC the way that buying, say, an "F" fare would. The "fare rule bucket" for my P tickets is usually V, for example.
Guess I'm confused, as usual.
You're confusing fare basis with booking code. It's understandable, this stuff is complicated. Y fare basis used to book into JN, now it books into PN, which is capacity controlled. The UPs are economy fare basis, but book into a business or first fare class (F, A, J, C, D, Z, or P).
Originally Posted by
landrew
I was ticketed on CM for a full Y fare because I was hoping for an instant upgrade.
* * * *
Any suggestions? Thanks!
Are you on UA or CM metal?
In my experience, CM will sell fares labelled as "instant upgrade," but this is more or less meaningless, as they will process only as a CPU, i.e., at T-24 or at the gate.