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Old Dec 4, 2014 | 9:35 am
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Originally Posted by lalala
My TH was successful last week in upgrading a W fare to a Clubworld ticket on a AA numbered BA flight (SEA-LHR) for a mere 12.5K in miles.

I seem to be flummoxed in my attempts. I have a flight next week (SEA-LHR) in the correct fare class (B) and with AA numbered flight to be eligible for an upgrade to W, but it seems that BA is quite stingy about letting this happen. There are a fare number of seats left for sale.

Is my best strategy to continue to call AA to see if something opens up? I hate to be a pest, but I have done three legs in WT- in the last month and I could use a little TLC.
I'll go ahead and merge this question into the extant Participating Airlines Upgrade Awards thread.

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