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Old Aug 19, 2014, 11:52 am
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Originally Posted by captiveguru
In my experience the offered upgrade is G. A. or P. This is the same offer you get just before you buy a coach ticket. I now purchase the coach ticket and then go back in to select seats (and to see if DL has sweetened the offer). Sometimes DL lowers the upgrade price significantly.

Example: I recently bought a EWR-MCO OW ticket. The first UG price was $105. When I went back in to select seats it changed to $57...
Time to start experimenting which will lead to a lot of cancelled tickets within 24 hours if one must actually complete the purchase to see the price.
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