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Old Sep 15, 2022 | 8:09 pm
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A cash upgrade does not get added to the fare. But if crediting to UA, you will get PQPs for the upgrade as a separate posting (but no RDMs)

As far as crediting to another program, UA will probably (not always) report only the originally purchased fare. Not the displayed post upgrade fare code,
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