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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Between AUS, EWR, and YTO In a little twisty maze of airline seats, all alike.. but I wanna go home with the armadillo
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R is used for upgrades, so you should get the class you paid for on that. It is not a booking class used for paid first class travel. You may see that flight listed on your OnePass statement as "SR" where "S" is the class you paid for. Regarding the "A" flight, you got lucky.