Does NH offer upgrades at the counter?
Nov 2, 2014, 8:09 pm
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last year we flew iAd-nrt-iad. tried to up ug from C to F. there were 4 seats available. was told i could not, as they did not have proper food available. tried to ug this year, a week in advance from C to f. got danced around and around until i said thank you, and sat in C.
Japanese carriers do not upgrade just because there are seats available in a higher cabin.
Dec 23, 2014, 8:31 pm
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Just flew Ana from YVR-HND on 12/20 and they had printed signs posted at checkin offering upgrade from Econ to business for 550 CAD. The check in agent mentioned they were oversold. Equipment on that leg is the older config recliner seat 767-300.
Dec 23, 2014, 10:39 pm
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Dec 24, 2014, 1:30 am
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My wife and I also flew on NH115 on 12/20 and the couple at the counter next to us purchased the upgrade. They tried to convince us to do that too, but we declined. I believe in the end business class was full. I rolled the dice hoping they would upgrade my wife and I for free (I ams *A gold) but that didn't happen. Perhaps they drew from their own NH top tier members.
Dec 24, 2014, 7:24 am
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My wife and I also flew on NH115 on 12/20 and the couple at the counter next to us purchased the upgrade. They tried to convince us to do that too, but we declined. I believe in the end business class was full. I rolled the dice hoping they would upgrade my wife and I for free (I ams *A gold) but that didn't happen. Perhaps they drew from their own NH top tier members.
Jan 17, 2015, 11:47 pm
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NH does offer a same-day cash upgrade service for flights that are overbooked in Y: http://www.ana.co.jp/wws/japan/e/loc...vice/plantrip/
It's not a good deal for every route.
It's not a good deal for every route.
Jun 1, 2015, 3:17 pm
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Next month I'm flying IAD-NRT-BKK on a UA revenue ticket and used a GPU to upgrade IAD-NRT to business and I'm trying to find a way to upgrade NRT-BKK as well. Does NH still not frequently do cash buy ups as it sounds like has been everyone's past experience? Or does anyone have a recommendation... it's a W fare so I can't do a star alliance upgrade since it looks like those require a Y or B fare.
Jun 1, 2015, 3:19 pm
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Next month I'm flying IAD-NRT-BKK on a UA revenue ticket and used a GPU to upgrade IAD-NRT to business and I'm trying to find a way to upgrade NRT-BKK as well. Does NH still not frequently do cash buy ups as it sounds like has been everyone's past experience? Or does anyone have a recommendation... it's a W fare so I can't do a star alliance upgrade since it looks like those require a Y or B fare.
Jun 1, 2015, 4:19 pm
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Next month I'm flying IAD-NRT-BKK on a UA revenue ticket and used a GPU to upgrade IAD-NRT to business and I'm trying to find a way to upgrade NRT-BKK as well. Does NH still not frequently do cash buy ups as it sounds like has been everyone's past experience? Or does anyone have a recommendation... it's a W fare so I can't do a star alliance upgrade since it looks like those require a Y or B fare.
Jun 1, 2015, 10:08 pm
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Good point! Thanks to the 1970's IT systems, codeshares = no upgrades possible.