Originally Posted by
Youngtraveldude
I'm looking at potentially making my first award booking with Aeroplan and while I'm well versed on the ins and outs of award bookings with Delta and AA, I know nothing about Aeroplan award bookings. So, a few basic questions.
I'm looking to make a booking from Europe to the US using Aeroplan flying on Lufthansa.
My routing will be FLR (Florence) - FRA or MUC - XXX US city
My questions are:
1. If I book an economy award, which is available right now, IF business class availability later showed up via Aeroplan, is there an easy path to take my existing booking, pay the difference in Aeroplan + $$ and be upgraded?
2. Does award availability on Aeroplan, specifically with Lufthansa, only show up in business segment by segment? Ie, maybe there is availability from FRA-SFO in Business for an Aeroplan award but if I search FLR-FRA-SFO, it will only show availability for an Economy Award. This is something common with AA (maybe DL) where you need to search segment by segment and then sometimes just call in to have an agent put the award you want together.
1. Just book a flexible award - then if J shows up either you cancel and rebook for free (if available for the whole itinerary) or call in to upgrade, or do the change online.
2. LH is more likely to do the opposite, actually - they might only show that they have FRA-SFO available in J if you search for FLR-SFO, because they might only be selling it if married to another segment. Search both direct and connecting to be safe. Sometimes, an agent can "stitch" segments together if they don't show up as one big route, as long as the max mileage rules and region rules aren't violated.