Originally Posted by
tods27
In the advanced search options (look to the left of the "Search" button), you can select Premium Economy as the class of service. This will show you options for Premium Economy (Premium Plus for UA). If you select Economy, it will show all the flights as Basic Economy (when that exists on the route), but once you select flights, you can "upgrade" to a regular Economy fare that doesn't have the BE restrictions before you purchase the ticket.
Originally Posted by
Xyzzy
Indeed, this is the case. I've done this on multiple airlines and it works as described ab
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I have found that out too by going into the Advanced Search function - though it is not intuitive and can easily be overlooked. Why can't the site makes it like Google Flights that use the bag as an indicator? instead of hiding it in the Advanced Search that many casual users would not check?