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Old Nov 23, 2023 | 7:28 pm
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Originally Posted by JLC85
Is there any way to find out Star Alliance Upgrade Award availability in United (for a Star Alliance partner) without having the required amount of points and without having the ticket booked?...
Other carriers do not have visible "upgrade" inventory. Generally is it very related to business award inventory. So there is a good chance there is upgrade inventory if I space for partners booking exists. A potential way to see this is to look for business award space while using UA award space search.

However for OZ, only Y or B economy fares are upgradable via the *A upgrade program. Very expensive faes and dscount business may be cheaper.
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