Originally Posted by chicago747

Can you call and book through an agent and ask them to book you in a higher economy fare category than the lowest? The reason I ask is I'd like to book using the points & then call AA and up-fare to a discounted first class. So an example:

ORD-MCO r/t lowest discount economy (booking code O): $107
ORD-MCO r/t economy (booking code K) $475

ORD-MCO r/t lowest discounted FIRST (booking code I) $515

So my plan would be to use 25,000 points to book the coach ticket in K class at $475 then call AA directly and pay the $40 out of pocket to up-fare to FIRST. Anyone tried this or had any luck doing this?