Originally Posted by IADWill
The agent I talked to quoted me a price of over $1000 to move to an
upgradeable ticket class. I think that's a bit ridiculous.
Im gonna try hard to come up with an SWU, though Im not sure that
will work either, since "Region 2" rules apply in my situation (flying to
Asia) and the SWUs I've seen posted online lately all say that they
can only be used on Y or B fares in Region 2, which would rule me out
(again).
Grrrrr#!%#!!%. I would think that UA would encourage people to burn
their miles and not make it so dang hard to use them. Miles are liability
and companies in chapter 11 need to get rid of liabilities.
Was the $1,000 incremental, say moving from an $800 fare to an $1,800 fare? Or was this the total, say moving from an $800 fare to an $1,100 fare? Seriously, if you have the miles it may be far easier, safer and cheaper to buy up to an H fare then use your 60,000 miles. SWU's can be used internationally on CDYBMHQVW fares. Lastly, miles are a sort of liability but not one that UA would required to pay off before a million other debtors who are all in line waiting for some payment. I think we will be at the bottom of the list?