Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
I paid the $25 extra for the "more legroom" row in Y. VX offers lower cost upgrades to F at check-in if F is still available, on SFO-JFK that is available for $175. Now if I decide to do a check-in upgrade to F (should it be available), shouldn't the upgrade fee be reduced by that $25? Has anyone tried this yet?
I just booked and paid the extra $25 for an exit row seat. After I received my confirmation, I went back in to check on a paid upgrade to F. The website
did take into consideration the extra $25 for the premium seat when making the calculations for the upgrade. So I would
assume the system would do the same thing when you try to upgrade at check-in.
Originally Posted by 21A
Playing with the website a bit, it appears that if you make a change from Y to F, the change fee is shown as $0 in the change summary, which suggests no; however, when last I tried, you can't make this change on the website; a message says you have to go to the airport. I assume that calling Res would also work, but I don't know if they would also consider this to be a fee-free change.
I had the same experience on the website and agree they are not charging a change fee for a paid upgrade into F. However, I did not receive any message indicating I couldn't complete the transaction on the website, so perhaps they have streamlined this now. Did you get to a screen that asked for your credit card to apply the upgrade charge to?