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Old Jan 27, 2023 | 5:08 pm
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Originally Posted by minhaoxue
My wife and I are flying LAX-HNL on Sunday and are #2-3 on the upgrade list with 4 seats available. My question regards the Pre order food and the 20 hour cut off time. Do you think we should hold out and not purchase pre ordered food in the hope we get the seats up front or pre order the food in premium class and just take the loss if we do get upgraded?
Unless I'm misunderstanding, you won't have any "loss" to take. When you order paid meals, you can always reject those. You don't get charged until you actually accept them on board. When you're upgraded, you won't get charged for the preordered food.

Edit: I guess I wonder if preordering in premium "breaks" the FC preorder system. I've not really tested that myself before, I'd hope not, but if that was to occur I'd assume it's not tough to fix.
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