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Old Sep 13, 2022, 1:16 am
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mrow
 
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Originally Posted by DeltaFlyingProf
They do have two C buckets indeed and it can be very frustrating. I've recently experienced it trying to use an AS upgrade SWU on AA. EF was showing C3 on both the flights i wanted to upgrade, yet none was available to upgrade.
In international tickets, it seems that if C goes from 0 to a positive number, it is a true upgrade C. I wonder if one can call when that happens to do the upgrade with BA in particular if part of the itinerary has already been upgraded.
Likewise for A buckets for AAs systemwide upgrades; two different buckets exist for c and A, so even if A or C are available to purchase they are not always available for using AAs systemwide upgrades.
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