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Old Jul 9, 2014 | 10:08 pm
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Originally Posted by LordTentacle
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Coming from the world of UA....
This just seams utterly implausible to me and there has to be some form of a catch....
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These days VA seem to have more award/upgrade availability than many airlines ...

FWIW, upgrade and flight awards come from the same fare bucket (Z), so if you find a flight with Business award availability, you can book a flexi on that flight and upgrade into that award space.
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