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Old Jul 1, 2019, 10:23 am
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Originally Posted by Hypeman123
Hi,
On my SFO to EWR flight, I was told that despite being a Premier 1K, purchasing a G class fare (regular economy), and having plenty of open First/Business seats, that I would not be able to get a complimentary upgrade nor would I be put on the upgrade list as the seats are "lie-flats". I would have to use points or an award ticket in order to secure an upgrade.
SFO-EWR has been instrument-only (no complimentary premier upgrades) for years. May I ask why you did not apply a RPU?

And yes, this is different from how DL handles these flights.
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