Can you decline an upgrade to PY when your business class upgrade doesn't clear?

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Apr 1, 2019, 11:05 am

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Originally Posted by canopus27

For complete clarity .... these are the published fares; availability of those fares is a whole separate game

Right, of course.

Apr 1, 2019, 11:08 am

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Originally Posted by canadiancow

In support of branded priority, the graph makes it pretty clear how cheap it is to move up a brand for a specific fare class. If you want priority, spend the extra $100.

It's almost like AC planned it that way ....

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Apr 1, 2019, 11:37 am

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Originally Posted by canadiancow

Two things:

2. When PY was introduced, upgrades definitely were processed for explicit requests to PY before failed requests to J, but I have seen some evidence to suggest this is no longer the case.

I agree this is no longer the case based on my experience. I have been on flights with 20+ people on the upgrade list for both J and PY separately where I have not cleared J but then handed a PY boarding pass. Flight closed with same people on PY upgrade list (or most of them). there's no way I skip that line unless those trying to upgrade to J are cleared first before direct to PY passengers IMO

Apr 1, 2019, 2:16 pm

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Originally Posted by canadiancow

In support of branded priority, the graph makes it pretty clear how cheap it is to move up a brand for a specific fare class. If you want priority, spend the extra $100.

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Originally Posted by canopus27

It's almost like AC planned it that way ....

And yet they didn't implement the technology to make it easy for people to pick the one they want. Without phoning in. And finding an agent who knows what they are doing.

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Apr 1, 2019, 4:44 pm

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And yet they didn't implement the technology to make it easy for people to pick the one they want. Without phoning in. And finding an agent who knows what they are doing.

I have never had an issue picking between Basic/Standard/Flex/Comfort/Latitude/PY Lowest/PY Flexible/J Lowest/J Flexible.

But I guess my EYW itineraries are pretty simple

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