Originally Posted by MarcoBJ
1. At this point in time, upgrade fee applies across the board. H fare on CO has no fee attached to it (except to HI, then H has a $200 fee) for anyone.
2. KL/NW allow CO mileage upgrades to all Europe on S/B/Y fares only with no fees attached - only miles. All other economy fare codes on NW/KL are not upgradeable with CO miles.
The crazy thing is I'm getting quoted $2000 round trip on the web site for a business first seat - at this price it is almost the same as paying the fees on top of an economy ticket!!
Things sure are screwy right now in the airline industry.