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Jan 15, 2020 | 6:16 pm

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Originally Posted by eventualpilot

The VS A330-300 flight from ATL to LHR in Premium is coded a “G” fare. The Upper Class “D” fare ticket on the same flight is over $5,000 more. How does that translate to only a 25,000-point upgrade?

Everything you need to know is in this thread, but in short these are old-style "bucket availability required fixed price" upgrades, not new style "pay the difference in miles" upgrades.

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Also, a more general question, what is the difference in the various Premium/Premium Select fare codes. When looking at flights I am seeing “G” and “P” fares for Premium/Premium economy on Virgin Atlantic and Air France, while the Delta Premium Select fares are “A”.

It's just the pricing made available for a given flight. I have a DL itinerary coming up booked in A on the outbound and G on the return because the outbound flight is more popular and they're only selling the more expensive buckets.

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