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Dec 19, 2018, 12:53 pm

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Originally Posted by dennisthemenace

Expecting to do about 3 ultra long haul trips in J next year which will comfortably get me close to 75K.

Will need to upfare a bunch of my Y transborder flights if I want a shot at requalifying for 100K in 2020.

Any pro tips or sites people use to monitor for reasonably priced upfare opportunities (I.e: from standard to flex)? It would be nice if there was a site out there, like EF, that would monitor updates for you rather than you having to go to AC’s site to check prices periodically.

For the transborder flights you want to upfare:

1. Are they all roundtrip, one way, other?
2. Which routes?
3. Which fare class/basis and fare family?
4. You only want to upfare from Standard to Flex, or Standard to anything higher?
5. How much are you willing to spend for upfaring?
6. When are these flights?
7. Have you noted the advanced purchase prices and advanced purchase dates on EF? This may help with some of your monitoring.
8. As per @vernonc are all these booked via TA/OTA?
9. How short will you be on AQM/AQD if you don't upfare?

Last edited by yyznomad; Dec 19, 2018 at 12:59 pm

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