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Old Jan 2, 2020, 12:12 pm
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williwaw
 
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Originally Posted by sshankar
I was thinking of upgrading my tickets to first class for an upcoming work trip from JFK to SFO. The fare class of the ticket is R and in the terms it says
I have 30k points, is it possible to upgrade my tickets using points? Can I do it online or should I call customer care?
It is possible to upgrade with miles but there are two conditions you need to keep an eye on: First you need upgrade or U space in first. You can search for U space by making a dummy booking with the same itinerary and select the upgrade with miles button. If the F is solid and blue you have U space. Second, if there is U space, your fare is not an upgradeable fare. You'd need to upfare to H at a minimum before you can upgrade with miles at 15,000 OW. So its worth pricing out the upfare straight to first. If there is I or even P space it could be more cost effective than upfaring to H and using miles.
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