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Old Aug 10, 2016 | 8:04 am
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Originally Posted by txaggiemiles
Not the situation here. If the booking class was anything other than R, I could see a charge occurring.
That has nothing to do with anything. Purchased upgrades frequently book into R. UA did not intend to give this upgrade away for free, and they have in the past back-billed the passenger's credit card when they discover these errors.
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