Originally Posted by
SEAflyer747
- do buy up upgrade offers work count? I have a $133 upgrade option on an upcoming flight. I know E plus buy ups count but I’m already in E+ since I’m 1K now.
The online buy-up offers don't give you PQD, but if you call and ask to be re-fared into first class, it will. The key is to make sure that the amount you're being charged is the difference between what you paid originally and the current cost of the flight. Note that if you have a connection, you need to upfare the entire journey, not one leg at a time.
If you explain what you're doing, you may be able to get a sympathetic agent to let you buy up to a more expensive economy fare without charging the change fee. That could be cheaper than buying all the way to F.
UA may give it to you anyway, at 27 PQD short, but personally I wouldn't risk it. If they didn't, you wouldn't really have much recourse.