Latitude fare flight pass upgrades to business class
#32
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If you call in, I'd never explain my intentions though. Keep it simple.
"Hi, I'd like to cancel my upgrade please"
One task.
Once that's done, you can do the complimentary upgrade online.
"Hi, I'd like to cancel my upgrade please"
One task.
Once that's done, you can do the complimentary upgrade online.
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I have an EF alert for Z<5, but I'm quite content to wait until T-48.
Mind you, it's 6am on a Wednesday, so I'm pretty confident it will be J1 on the Monday.
That's the other thing I should mention. I've basically stopped doing the eUp on these bookings. There's no point. There's always J space
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This is why FT is so valuable.
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I actually have a flight in late November that I haven't bothered to upgrade.
I have an EF alert for Z<5, but I'm quite content to wait until T-48.
Mind you, it's 6am on a Wednesday, so I'm pretty confident it will be J1 on the Monday.
That's the other thing I should mention. I've basically stopped doing the eUp on these bookings. There's no point. There's always J space
I have an EF alert for Z<5, but I'm quite content to wait until T-48.
Mind you, it's 6am on a Wednesday, so I'm pretty confident it will be J1 on the Monday.
That's the other thing I should mention. I've basically stopped doing the eUp on these bookings. There's no point. There's always J space
My previous FP experience has mostly been on Europe FPs where there are no complimentary upgrades.
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Took me a minute to catch onto this, but now I get it - EYW bookings had to be made before 11 Oct 2017. In my case the bookings I am asking about were made after the 11th, so no harm in cancelling (and I'm not going to score well in the EYW contest).
I think I'm learning something else. Do the complimentary upgrade seats for Latitude FPs come from J inventory? If so, it should be easy to track when (or if) an eUpgrade is necessary to hold a J seat.
My previous FP experience has mostly been on Europe FPs where there are no complimentary upgrades.
I think I'm learning something else. Do the complimentary upgrade seats for Latitude FPs come from J inventory? If so, it should be easy to track when (or if) an eUpgrade is necessary to hold a J seat.
My previous FP experience has mostly been on Europe FPs where there are no complimentary upgrades.
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I should add that it comes from J space when it's a Canadian point of sale.
I remember a YVR-SFO flight where AC.ca showed J0 and AC.com showed J1 (yes, it was purchasable, as I did it to prove a point to the res agent).
I remember a YVR-SFO flight where AC.ca showed J0 and AC.com showed J1 (yes, it was purchasable, as I did it to prove a point to the res agent).
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So this strategy is working as suggested - thanks to all who replied. I eUpgraded my domestic/transborder Latitude Flight Pass booking at the time of reservation, then called and cancelled within the 48 hours of departure window, and went online to reserve a complimentary Business Class seat.
I was worried initially, as the availability at T-48 was J0. I waited a couple of hours, checked EF, and found that it was now J2, so went ahead and cancelled/reacquired the upgrade (switching eUpgrade to complimentary upgrade).
Has anyone tried this when the flight shows J0?
I was worried initially, as the availability at T-48 was J0. I waited a couple of hours, checked EF, and found that it was now J2, so went ahead and cancelled/reacquired the upgrade (switching eUpgrade to complimentary upgrade).
Has anyone tried this when the flight shows J0?
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I've tried when it is J0 - but I take the approach (even if J>1) of doing both steps on the phone, so if it can't be done the phone rep tells me. I haven't had any problems explaining what I'm doing.
I think there was one occasion when I succeeded in a J0 situation. But of course I can't be sure; perhaps it went to J1 between when I checked and when I called in. So it doesn't hurt to ask, even when J0.
I think there was one occasion when I succeeded in a J0 situation. But of course I can't be sure; perhaps it went to J1 between when I checked and when I called in. So it doesn't hurt to ask, even when J0.
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So this strategy is working as suggested - thanks to all who replied. I eUpgraded my domestic/transborder Latitude Flight Pass booking at the time of reservation, then called and cancelled within the 48 hours of departure window, and went online to reserve a complimentary Business Class seat.
I was worried initially, as the availability at T-48 was J0. I waited a couple of hours, checked EF, and found that it was now J2, so went ahead and cancelled/reacquired the upgrade (switching eUpgrade to complimentary upgrade).
Has anyone tried this when the flight shows J0?
I was worried initially, as the availability at T-48 was J0. I waited a couple of hours, checked EF, and found that it was now J2, so went ahead and cancelled/reacquired the upgrade (switching eUpgrade to complimentary upgrade).
Has anyone tried this when the flight shows J0?
Last edited by YEG_SE4Life; Oct 28, 2017 at 8:19 am
#43
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I've tried when it is J0 - but I take the approach (even if J>1) of doing both steps on the phone, so if it can't be done the phone rep tells me. I haven't had any problems explaining what I'm doing.
I think there was one occasion when I succeeded in a J0 situation. But of course I can't be sure; perhaps it went to J1 between when I checked and when I called in. So it doesn't hurt to ask, even when J0.
I think there was one occasion when I succeeded in a J0 situation. But of course I can't be sure; perhaps it went to J1 between when I checked and when I called in. So it doesn't hurt to ask, even when J0.
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I prefer to burn the eups if i really, really want the upgrade on a FP- esp at a 'cost' 1-2 which i get back after using the pass credits. The LAT comp up is handy for when there is no upgrade space at T-48 hr- IME, it is rare that there is not at least 1 J seat for sale.