systemwide upgrade info needed
Feb 17, 2006, 1:51 am
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systemwide upgrade info needed
A very newbie question...
What's the lowest fare class for which sytemwide upgrades may be used? Is there any co-pay associated with using these upgrades as with international mileage upgrades?
At the moment, I'm being forced to fly AA from LAX-DFW-SCL in economy, and am balking at the prospect. I recently zeroed out my AA FF account after switching over to United, and was looking to possibly do a trade using my United miles. Is the value typically the same as with UA SWUs -- i.e. 30,000 miles for one systemwide?
What's the lowest fare class for which sytemwide upgrades may be used? Is there any co-pay associated with using these upgrades as with international mileage upgrades?
At the moment, I'm being forced to fly AA from LAX-DFW-SCL in economy, and am balking at the prospect. I recently zeroed out my AA FF account after switching over to United, and was looking to possibly do a trade using my United miles. Is the value typically the same as with UA SWUs -- i.e. 30,000 miles for one systemwide?
Feb 17, 2006, 2:06 am
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AA's SWUs are called EVIPs. There is no co-pay when upgrading with EVIPs. They seem to trade for 25,000-30,000 miles on Coupon Connection.
Feb 17, 2006, 2:37 am
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Thanks! And the lowest fare class for which they can be used?
Feb 17, 2006, 6:06 am
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Originally Posted by icedancer
Thanks! And the lowest fare class for which they can be used?
Feb 17, 2006, 6:11 am
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Originally Posted by icedancer
Thanks! And the lowest fare class for which they can be used?
it's the same as mileage upgrades, so just about all published fares except:
Fares booked in I or O, or fares booked in Q between North America and Asia, Europe, India or South America are not upgradable
Feb 17, 2006, 6:26 am
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Fares booked in I or O, or fares booked in Q between North America and Asia, Europe, India or South America are not upgradable
http://www.aa.com/apps/AAdvantage/Vi...artnersContent
Also see page 14 of the EXP guide.
http://www.aa.com/content/images/AAd...tinumGuide.pdf
Edited to add: I see it's already been answered. Oh, well. I'll leave the links.
http://www.aa.com/apps/AAdvantage/Vi...artnersContent
Also see page 14 of the EXP guide.
http://www.aa.com/content/images/AAd...tinumGuide.pdf
Edited to add: I see it's already been answered. Oh, well. I'll leave the links.
Last edited by oklAAhoma; Feb 17, 2006 at 6:31 am