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Mar 5, 2020 | 10:57 am

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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA

In the past, unless you did a true upfare, there were no RDMs for "upgrade fees." The key issue is "upfare" vs "Upgrade fee." Note the fare class you end up in does not tell which was done and you need to look at the receipt for the term "add/collect" which is "upfare" vs terms like "Premium Cabin Upgrade - PCU" which are an "upgrade fee." Nowadays the standard offers are mostly "Upgrade fees", you need to specifically request and do an upfare if that is what is wanted.

And note that these days the odds of upfaring (changing) an agency ticket with any manner of consistency on multiple trips are basically zero.

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