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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 10:15 am
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Both Mrs Flying Chef and I are *Gold, she on AC and me on CO. We are flying to BGI on points in Y, since no J reward tickets wer available. As of now, lots of revenue space / seats in J. What are the chances of using a SSWU to 'upgrade' on a points ticket?
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 10:24 am
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Originally Posted by flying chef
Both Mrs Flying Chef and I are *Gold, she on AC and me on CO. We are flying to BGI on points in Y, since no J reward tickets wer available. As of now, lots of revenue space / seats in J. What are the chances of using a SSWU to 'upgrade' on a points ticket?
Slim to none.
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 10:28 am
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Originally Posted by ChrisA330
Slim to none.
That's being a bit generous - more like none to none.

You might get the chance to pay for an upgrade when you check in. Best odds are via online checkin exactly 24 hours before the flight.
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 10:36 am
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 10:57 am
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Try calling Aeroplan, some J award seats may have been released and if so you can pay point difference and get J award.
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 11:55 am
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or just buy a cheap Y ticket and upgrade it.
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 1:36 pm
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Originally Posted by FrequentFlyerYYZ
That's being a bit generous - more like none to none.

You might get the chance to pay for an upgrade when you check in. Best odds are via online checkin exactly 24 hours before the flight.
As *Golds they might get an opup. But generally agree with your more precise and discouraging wording.
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 11:07 pm
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Originally Posted by flying chef
Both Mrs Flying Chef and I are *Gold, she on AC and me on CO. We are flying to BGI on points in Y, since no J reward tickets wer available. As of now, lots of revenue space / seats in J. What are the chances of using a SSWU to 'upgrade' on a points ticket?
So what actually happened? You never updated us after your trip.
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 5:35 am
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Haha way to dig up a random 6 month old post. I know you were holding your breath...
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Old Nov 24, 2010 | 10:50 am
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Well I am in the same scenario, both are gold one is on REV tkt and I am on Reward tkt, and I know the flight to GRU will be oversold Dec 17. I have the PNR's cross referenced, so what are my chances??
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