<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Nevsky:
I have a trip scheduled for early next year on CO and was told that it will cost me $900 (now presumably with fees $1300--plus miles) for a chance of an upgrade.</font>
If I am not reading you clear, forgive me.
It reads like you have already purchased a K fare. Has it been upgraded already? If you own the ticket, you are protected and will not be affected by the surcharge even though travel is in 2004.
However, and I just had this clarified via email by the OPSC, if you change the itinerary
in 2004 and have to re-issue and re-validate, you essentially
lose the K fare rules that you purchased under. If you do re-schedule, you will have to re-deposit (and incur a re-depositing fee, based on status, which would not affect you as you appear to be Platinum), and then re-issue.
Then, after all of that, you have to find a K fare (if you still want to upgrade), and pay the appropriate surcharges.
[This message has been edited by dsimon (edited 09-19-2003).]