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Old Dec 14, 2019 | 12:37 am
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Originally Posted by sha8192
And according to the SAUA eligibility chart, E fare on LH should be upgradeable. However when I tried to upgrade the ticket on Aeroplan it shows Upgrade not available for this flight.
I think it's simple confusion between marketing carrier LH and operating carrier AC. LH E does map to AC E (LH G/E/N map to AC O/E/N), but AC E is not eligible according to the same chart you reference. In the PE cabin, only full O is eligible for SAUA awards.

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