Originally Posted by mcgol

Hi all,

GUF2 and Amex 2-4-1 clarification please. I have read at length through the forum, but I am still not sure if I have it right. Of course feel free to link me to the relevant post if this is answered already

Trip context: September trip to Bahrain. There is plenty of reward availability in Club World, but no First reward availability showing at all. However, I can see First A-class availability: A5 outbound and A7 return.

Goal: use my BA Amex Companion Voucher (2-4-1) to book a Club World Avios redemption for two, then apply my BA Gold Upgrade Voucher for two (GUF2) to upgrade J to F using the A bucket availability. I am Gold, not GGL, so don't have jokers, which I have seen mentioned as well.

When I called the Gold line earlier, they told me this was not possible, so wanted to check

Questions:

1. Is it possible to apply a GUF2 to a CW Avios booking made with an Amex 2-4-1 and have the upgraded sectors ticketed into First A class even when there is no First reward availability, but plenty of A-fare availability

2. Any recent data points on this working or failing, and any tips on what exactly to ask the agent to check on the call

Thanks in advance.