FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Airline fee $250/$200 reimbursement reports: DL only (2023)
Thread: Airline fee $250/$200 reimbursement reports: DL only (2023)
View Single Post
Old Jan 29, 2023 | 4:29 pm
  #173  
Zorak
Moderator: Hyatt, American Express; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Community Builder
Active Streak: 30 Days
All eyes on you!
10 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: WAS
Programs: :rolleyes:, DL DM, AA EXP, UA Silver, Hyatt Glob, Mlife Noir (=> Marriott Amb), invol FT beta tester
Posts: 21,586
Originally Posted by sld122
Anyone know if "changing" current flight that was booked in the main cabin to the same exact flight, but in First Class for an additional $250.00 charge would be a workaround to get the Plat credit to trigger? I want to use it to get First, but I'm trying to find a workaround to the manually upgrading the seat the regular way since that won't trigger the credit from AMEX.
Yes, that will work just like any other flight change; but as you noted, rather than accepting an upgrade offer in the seatmap etc., you'll need to click on Modify Flight and pick the exact same itinerary (just in First instead of coach)
Zorak is offline