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Old Jan 20, 2024 | 3:03 pm
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Originally Posted by JJeffrey
1) No, AFAIK, although there might have been some scattered reports of upgrade offers at check-in. I'll let others confirm.

2) No, for sure. If you could just pay the fare difference to a higher fare bucket or class of service then that would defeat the use it or lose it restrictions of BE.
Okay thanks. I am just going to buy both in MC then for $140 instead of $90. I dont think BE is for me. I want to be able to have in app upgrade offers leading up to the trip as well as maybe keep an eye on the outright cost for J and maybe buy it that way too.
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