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Old Mar 22, 2014 | 7:36 pm
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Originally Posted by matthewjaf
@guv That was a very thoughtful response that you clearly put some time into. Thank you, I'll look into it.

Thinking about this a different way, do you know of an option where I could purchase the coach fare and use points to upgrade?
I'm not much of an expert on upgrading with points/miles. But there are at least two pitfalls to watch out for:

1. Some programs only let you upgrade from the more expensive Economy fares, not the deep-discount ones.

2. Some carriers have a class of service between Economy and Business (Economy Plus). On those carriers, upgrading from an Economy fare would only get you into Economy Plus; to upgrade to Business Class, you would need to purchase a qualifying Economy Plus ticket to begin with.
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