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Old Oct 11, 2023 | 1:47 pm
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Originally Posted by BobOscar
Why is there a big difference in what it cost you to buy up from Coach to First on the UA website? I had a coach flight booked on UA from EWR-BOS that I paid about $90 for. If I go to my itinerary and click on "Upgrade Flight" it says that UA wants $80 to upgrade my flight. Currently, the flight I'm on is still $90 for coach, $120 for First. A difference of $30, not $80.

So I clicked on "Change Flight" instead and brought up the same day & same flight, First Class shown as the $120. So I changed to First Class for $30 difference. In the past I would have called and asked to buy up to First and it would have cost the same $30.

Why is UA trying to hose us if we click to Upgrade? $30 I will pay to upgrade an hour flight, $80 no.
Don’t twist yourself into knots over airline pricing. You did the right thing.

UA is just fishing for suckers. There’s an ocean of them…
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