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Old May 12, 2023 | 10:23 am
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Originally Posted by 1P
If I book a Premium Economy TATL ticket with miles, can I then upgrade to Polaris using Plus Points (I'm a 1K) ? The website talks about using Plus Points to upgrade paid economy and premium economy tickets, but not about tickets that you "purchased" with miles. ....
Unless you are a GS, award tickets can not be upgraded by PlusPoints.
There is a potential workaround. Economy award tickets can be cash upgraded. In that case, the ticket fare class is a paid fare class and it appears PlusPoints will work.

Last edited by WineCountryUA; May 12, 2023 at 10:34 am Reason: fixed quote
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