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Old Aug 20, 2014 | 7:55 am
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captiveguru
 
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
Could you not have selected this at booking, either by picking in the offered FC column or by searching for G or higher fares? I'm a bit surprised that someone would pay so much afterward without being willing to just purchase a discounted FC ticket from the beginning.
You can select the upfare during orginal booking. I do not do it for 2 reasons.

#1 - I need a receipt showing the coach fare for reimbursement purposes.

#2 - I have found that sometimes, but not always, the cost of the upfare is less when I go back into the record.

I think I cited an example of #2 earlier in this thread. The upfare was $104 during booking and went down to $57 when I went back into the record. It took an extra minute or two to save $47... I am frugal, not cheap.
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