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Old Jan 28, 2018 | 5:30 am
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Originally Posted by BenA
What probably actually happened is that your ticket wasn’t properly reissued. Frighteningly common with GUCs; when using them, always make sure you have a ticket receipt reflecting the right class of service a few days before the flight.

Extra collections of fees are standard for upgrade certain, although I don’t recall being asked to pay anything extra on past trips to HKG using GUCs (but may not have bothered remembering if it was HK$30 )
This. The ticket was never reissued properly when the GUC cleared.

For reference, I've had a GUC wait listed ex-LHR clear in advance. When I got the email with the reissued ticket there was an addition charge on my Amex for the additional taxes. There wasn't any other notification from Delta.
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