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Old Jul 18, 2018 | 1:27 pm
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Originally Posted by avi8tir
recently bought a Y ticket to europe. Went in to use my GPU on one of the legs and it offered me a P fare for $1000, so I paid for it.
The website likely offered you a purchased upgrade that booked into P. Those do not accrue PQD.

You can confirm this by looking at your receipt. If it says "Add/Collect" you're entitled to PQD. If it says "upgrade" (or similar) you are not.
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