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Feb 28, 2016 | 5:09 pm

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Originally Posted by ATOBTTR

It's the YCA fare, which is treated as a Full Y fare that is helping you see all those upgrades. I too have gotten upgrades on routes that PMs would otherwise likely have no shot of an upgrade on because I was on a YCA fare.
Upgrade Priority is:
UG request using a GUC
UG request using a RUC
DM on a Full Y fare
PM on a Full Y fare
GM on a Full Y fare
FO on a Full Y fare
DM on all other fare buckets: B, M, S, H, Q, K, L, U, T, X, V, Award Ticket
PM on all other fare buckets: B, M, S, H, Q, K, L, U, T, X, V, Award Ticket
GM on all other fare buckets: B, M, S, H, Q, K, L, U, T, X, V, Award Ticket
FO on all other fare buckets: B, M, S, H, Q, K, L, U, T, X, V
Medallions with non-status companions requesting upgrades

Wow. That's awesome. Just given the price of these YCAs--they're a fraction of a commercial refundable ticket--I wouldn't have ever assumed it'd be treated the same. Sweet.

BTW -- is there any way to book YCA fares directly through Delta.com? I usually do it through a travel agent because military travel rules require I use their travel agents. However, on most of these flights, I actually pay it myself. Weird situation -- traveling for official reasons, but I get the bill. If they're reimbursing, I have to use it and that's fine. But when I'm paying, I'd rather avoid the agent's processing fees and horrible booking system (GetThere). Can YCA be booked directly?

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