Originally Posted by WendyMouse (Post 17649666)

Gah. Just tried this. Put a reservation on hold, called AA, got an upfare ($40 difference and I have a personal $100 voucher so I don't feel guilty).

Go online to buy: aa.com tells me there's a lower price now available and there's no choice but to buy it.

Ugh.

Originally Posted by beerup (Post 15863252)

I would ask at least. Recently I changed a non-refundable economy fare to a business fare. This situation may be a little different since it was international (US-NRT) and because I was changing class of travel, but I was told I would not be waived the ($250) change fee to go to a non-refundable business fare, but that it was policy to waive the fee when changing to a refundable fare (FWIW, I paid the $6000 inc fee upfare for non-refundable rather than the $8000 for a refundable fare).

If the policy does indeed extend to domestic same travel class, the kicker will be that the portion of the fare that was the original ticket will remain non-refundable ($150 fee plus voucher) in the case of cancellation. However, AFAIK, you will be able to change the flights/dates of travel without a fee once you upfare. This information has come from FT and you might be able to search for more information, or others with hands-on experience could chip in.

Edit: a little late (slow typing) given the post above, but I think the second paragraph may still be relevant

Originally Posted by Upgraded! (Post 17650373)

So I have a situation where I can't imagine being able to apply your second paragraph to but here goes, I'm interested in opinions:

I booked LAX-ORD-LGA with a few days in ORD. This was not in any way, shape of form an LAX-NYC fare w/stopover since it simply stuck two o/w together in one PNR and I then used 15k + co-pay to get F. I now need to move the date of ORD-LGA. Do you think there's any logic by which AA would let me up-fare ORD-LGA to a refundable fare (about $40) and then change the date w/o the change fee? I'm guessing the fact that it's in the same PNR as the LAX-ORD (which will remain non-refundable) and that the two are further tied together via the mileage upgrade prevent me from doing this but figured it was worth asking.

By the way, out of curiosity, in your NRT example, could you have up-fared to the refundable business class ticket, then down-fared to the non-refundable once the ticket was reissued?

Originally Posted by brp (Post 17649697)

If you haven't pulled the trigger yet, call web services (800-222-2377). Let them know what's going on. They can make this work and likely will not impose any fees since this really is a website issue.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by jishijet (Post 18024552)

I have placed a flight on hold. GCM-MIA-LHR round trip. I am wanting to do the platinum or gold challenge. This flight if I book it under the current codes which I believe are O and S will qualify for 0.5 points, will take me pretty close to gold. I read about up faring my ticket whilst it is on hold so I could pay to qualify for 1 or 1.5 points instead which would take me closer to Platinum status. Could someone shed some light as how I go about up faring and whether I am talking any sense.

Thanks,

Jishi

Originally Posted by jishijet (Post 18024552)

I have placed a flight on hold. GCM-MIA-LHR round trip. I am wanting to do the platinum or gold challenge. This flight if I book it under the current codes which I believe are O and S will qualify for 0.5 points, will take me pretty close to gold. I read about up faring my ticket whilst it is on hold so I could pay to qualify for 1 or 1.5 points instead which would take me closer to Platinum status. Could someone shed some light as how I go about up faring and whether I am talking any sense.

Thanks,

Jishi

Originally Posted by jishijet (Post 18036446)

It worked brilliantly thank you. They even let me start the challenge 2 weeks ago so I got credited 2500 miles I did this week.

Originally Posted by jishijet (Post 18036446)

It worked brilliantly thank you. They even let me start the challenge 2 weeks ago so I got credited 2500 miles I did this week.