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Old Jan 10, 2018 | 6:10 pm
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Originally Posted by goldengate
I know this is an amazingly stupid question, but how does the First Class Upgrade Fare actually work? Are you put on a wait list of some sort? I've gone pretty far into the check out process for this fare and seat selection is from economy... so how does this fare actually get upgraded? It's showing "available" on my flights, and when I look on ExpertFlyer I see two seats in the U fare bucket.

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You have to actually purchase the flights and after that, you will then be upgraded immediately (assuming there are enough U seats available for the number of people on your booking). It doesn't happen until after you've completed your purchase as you are still technically buying coach tickets and you have to actually buy them first. But once the purchase is complete, the upgrade happens pretty much immediately.
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