Purchasing upgrade at the airport on ANA
Jul 26, 2017, 7:48 pm
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Purchasing upgrade at the airport on ANA
Hello - I am currently flying on a codeshare ticket (UA) with the second leg of the flight on an ANA plane. To purchase this leg of travel as business class is $5K (just for this leg...). Does anyone know if ANA allows for purchase of business class upgrades the same day of the flight? They won't sell it to me now because I'm ticketed on a 'United' flight (plane is ANA). Thank you so much in advance for the assistance!
Jul 26, 2017, 7:53 pm
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Hello - I am currently flying on a codeshare ticket (UA) with the second leg of the flight on an ANA plane. To purchase this leg of travel as business class is $5K (just for this leg...). Does anyone know if ANA allows for purchase of business class upgrades the same day of the flight? They won't sell it to me now because I'm ticketed on a 'United' flight (plane is ANA). Thank you so much in advance for the assistance!
Jul 27, 2017, 4:51 am
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Just had a friend mention the other day that he was also told by NH staff that this was not something they do.
- I asked a few times many years ago when coming over from UA (back when SFO to NRT was $300 to upgrade from Y to J per way on UA which seems like a steal now) and NH always looked at me like I was smoking crack. Could have been a lost in translation issue but it wasn't.
Jul 31, 2017, 5:56 am
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Aug 25, 2017, 10:55 am
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It was almost routine for me to be able to purchase the upgrade from Y to J at the airport on codeshare from United tickets LAX-HND(and the return) because economy was almost always overbooked.
The charge was $500. Their policy seems to have been changed because it's been a few years since the last time I was given the opportunity to do this.
The charge was $500. Their policy seems to have been changed because it's been a few years since the last time I was given the opportunity to do this.
Aug 26, 2017, 3:49 pm
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My guests were flying back to HND from SYD in June. They were offered by ANA to upgrade from Y to J for a mere 500AUD (400usd) at check in.
apparently the flight was overbooked and even J was full.
apparently the flight was overbooked and even J was full.
Aug 29, 2017, 2:30 am
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Aug 30, 2017, 8:28 am
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Oct 10, 2018, 11:51 am
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Hello - I am currently flying on a codeshare ticket (UA) with the second leg of the flight on an ANA plane. To purchase this leg of travel as business class is $5K (just for this leg...). Does anyone know if ANA allows for purchase of business class upgrades the same day of the flight? They won't sell it to me now because I'm ticketed on a 'United' flight (plane is ANA). Thank you so much in advance for the assistance!
I am interested in the possibility of buying business class upgrades on ANA the same day of the flight or in advance. I know from reading this thread that it may not be possible but I thought that I'd ask again if there may have been a change in policy since 2017?
I am thinking of calling the ANA customer service line in the US and have a discussion with them - will this even be worth my time?
Oct 10, 2018, 4:50 pm
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I too am on a codeshare ticket (UA) for BKK-NRT-LAX, with the first leg BKK-NRT on ANA, and the NRT-LAX on UA 33 which already cleared the upgrade to United Polaris Biz Class.
I am interested in the possibility of buying business class upgrades on ANA the same day of the flight or in advance. I know from reading this thread that it may not be possible but I thought that I'd ask again if there may have been a change in policy since 2017?
I am thinking of calling the ANA customer service line in the US and have a discussion with them - will this even be worth my time?
I am interested in the possibility of buying business class upgrades on ANA the same day of the flight or in advance. I know from reading this thread that it may not be possible but I thought that I'd ask again if there may have been a change in policy since 2017?
I am thinking of calling the ANA customer service line in the US and have a discussion with them - will this even be worth my time?
Oct 10, 2018, 8:39 pm
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I would be willing to pay the cost difference to change my fare/booking class to G, E, Y, B, M, U, H which are the classes which can be upgraded but I don't know if that's even possible. FWIW, I have a ANA account with no miles in it, but I can easily transfer 40,000 or 50,000 miles from my AMEX Membership Reward account.
But will this even work?
Oct 12, 2018, 9:00 am
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Thanks for your reply. My booking class is V, so not that high, and as I stated earlier, it was booked by United as part of their ticket so a code share arrangement with ANA.
I would be willing to pay the cost difference to change my fare/booking class to G, E, Y, B, M, U, H which are the classes which can be upgraded but I don't know if that's even possible. FWIW, I have a ANA account with no miles in it, but I can easily transfer 40,000 or 50,000 miles from my AMEX Membership Reward account.
But will this even work?
I would be willing to pay the cost difference to change my fare/booking class to G, E, Y, B, M, U, H which are the classes which can be upgraded but I don't know if that's even possible. FWIW, I have a ANA account with no miles in it, but I can easily transfer 40,000 or 50,000 miles from my AMEX Membership Reward account.
But will this even work?
Oct 12, 2018, 9:07 am
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It was almost routine for me to be able to purchase the upgrade from Y to J at the airport on codeshare from United tickets LAX-HND(and the return) because economy was almost always overbooked.
The charge was $500. Their policy seems to have been changed because it's been a few years since the last time I was given the opportunity to do this.
The charge was $500. Their policy seems to have been changed because it's been a few years since the last time I was given the opportunity to do this.