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Old Jun 12, 2007 | 3:13 am
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harryhv
 
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That's not the whole story, you are also required to pay for an outrageously expensive fare class (Y or B) to enable *A upgrades.

If you are flying from Australia you can buy a LH/UA business class "RTW" fare to Europe via the USA both ways for about the same cost, see here
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