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Oct 17, 2016 | 1:27 pm

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Join Date: Sep 2005

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Originally Posted by vballny23

I saw this in the Wiki on 1st page:

Award cabin class "upgrades" (e.g. Y to J): If the change made is an increase of miles to another cabin class, fees are not normally charged

But, if I am booked on an economy anytime award in Y fare (27,500 miles) and see they have opened up Business saver Awards for 25,000 miles under a U fare, I was told there is a fee of $150 since despite "upgrade", it's less miles redeemed. I was going to HUCA, but figured I would ask the experts if that was correct??

Thanks

Correct, because you're moving to a different award type. There is no fee to "up-fare" a sAAver Y to sAAver J/F, or AAnytime Y to AAnytime J/F. If you're going from AAnytime Y to sAAver J, even though it may be more miles, your AAnytime award must be cancelled/redeposited, and then a new sAAver award issued.