Can a SE use an Elite/ Prestige coupon ?
Feb 14, 2005, 3:25 pm
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Can a SE use an Elite/ Prestige coupon ?
AC newbie - thanks again, y'all have been soooo helpful - Can an SE use an Elite/Prestige upgrade voucher ? If so, do they get to use it at the SE upgrade window or the Elite/Prestige window ? Any problems ?
Feb 14, 2005, 4:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Mister Nice
AC newbie - thanks again, y'all have been soooo helpful - Can an SE use an Elite/Prestige upgrade voucher ? If so, do they get to use it at the SE upgrade window or the Elite/Prestige window ? Any problems ?
If so, I'd like to know the answer as well!
Feb 14, 2005, 5:39 pm
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I do not know for sure, but I suspect the answer is YES. SEs should be able to IMO but that is only my opinion. What is the fine print on the back of these certs as I have never seen one?
Feb 14, 2005, 5:44 pm
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Originally Posted by 100,000miler
I do not know for sure, but I suspect the answer is YES. SEs should be able to IMO but that is only my opinion. What is the fine print on the back of these certs as I have never seen one?
).The front of the cert says "You must hold Elite or Prestige status at the time of travel."
Last edited by ylwae; Feb 14, 2005 at 5:47 pm Reason: grammar
Feb 14, 2005, 7:52 pm
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The answer is No, but with AC anything gives. When I first became an SE midyear, there were different upgrade certs for Es and SEs. I was unable to use any of the E upgrades that I had left once I had become an SE. And since SEs don't get NAmerican upgrades, it is not likely these can be confirmed at the 7-day window. At least if you reveal to the agent the type of cert you plan to use when trying to confirm the u/g.
Feb 14, 2005, 8:12 pm
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I don't think you're supposed to use them, but I have done so in the past. My daughter gave me a bunch of certs a few years ago and I kept them in my travel wallet to use for walkup UG's at the gate. They were never refused.
However that was then, and now is now. I haven't tried recently.
DF
However that was then, and now is now. I haven't tried recently.
DF