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Old Oct 18, 2018, 10:00 am
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gr8pirate
 
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Originally Posted by MMM
Thank you, but I trying to do the same with a flight that has "J"seats available and the agent tells me that there is no UPGRADE available for that flight.
Cheers
Could be worth to HUCA a few times, but this may be a married segments issue: sometimes you only get upgrade inventory in J on AAA-BBB-CCC and not on the individual segments. And sometimes only on the individual segments, but not the entire trip. I don’t understand it to be honest, but it’s an industry-wide standard.

Question: I remember reading somewhere that tou would need "X" class available to book upgrades . Can anyone confirm it ?
Upgrades definitely book into J, as Lefly just posted.
X is economy limited award
I is business limited award
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