Originally Posted by
yonatan
Also, I seem to have trouble booking online with both the "fully refundable" and "upgrade" options - as soon as I say I want to use a mileage upgrade, it seems to pull up the lowest (nonrefundable) fares even if I selected fully refundable, because the prices shown are lower than what gets shown if I check the refundable box (when selecting the mile upgrade option, it also won't show you the fare rules so it's not possible to confirm directly). Is there a way to force the website to show only refundable fares when trying to book with an upgrade?
Just don't try to "book with an upgrade". Book the flight and fare you want first, then go in to the reservation and apply the upgrade.