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Old Feb 14, 2026 | 2:02 pm
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Originally Posted by abcx
If I have a one way flight booked with a confirmed PP upgrade and I 'change' my ticket to add a return leg (thus presumably refaring my one way fare to a cheaper round trip fare), my upgrade on the outbound will stick, correct?
No. You’ll have to reapply. I suppose you might talk an agent into it, but it’s against procedure for several reasons…

Originally Posted by abcx
And another scenario: if I have a confirmed PP upgrade for 80 PP on a cheap economy fare, say T class, and I upfare to W, can I ask for 40 PP back?
… including this one. The number of PlusPoints required could easily change after adding a leg.

I suspect in this case you’d need to reapply also.
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