Company buys Coach Tix. Can I pay up to a First Class tix?
So I know on United if you book an Economy flight you can usually buy up to a first class ticket. depends on loads and prices but you can usually do it on most flights
Can I do that on an AA ticket? If my company buys a coach ticket for me for a domestic flight, can I pay up myself to get to a first class seat in advance? thanks - newbie to AA |
conceptually, yes
Are you booking directly with AA or via an agent also Are you working for a large corporation with negotiated fares? AA will allow rebooing into a higher class of service on normal published fares without a change fee |
Done it on a domestic flight. This was on US stock, booked with corp travel agents, on a negotiated fare. There's a lot the EXP desk can do. I was pretty impressed, I have to say, though it took them a while to sort out the actual fare.
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I work for a large corporate that does have negotiated fares on some routes and some airlines.
I would be booking thru our corporate travel dept. I know on United I've been able to do it myself online once the reservation shows up. They tickets are whatever fare class is available at the point I bought the ticket. |
I book my own travel (pretty much travel weekly from east coast to west) and I basically book in Choice Plus which will usually give me an option before purchasing the fare to spend a few hundred dollars to upgrade to first. I then take a screenshot of the coach fare and my upgrade fare and submit for expenses where the upgrade was paid by myself.
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Company buys Coach Tix. Can I pay up to a First Class tix?
If the coach ticket was issued by a travel agent, it's unlikely that AA will touch it prior to departure. Maybe work with your corporate TA and T&E dept to see if you can purchase F and pay for the difference (which the TA can document) out of pocket.
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Yes you can, can take a while for them to figure out the fare sometimes. Just did it yesterday with travel department booked fare.
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Originally Posted by ijgordon
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If the coach ticket was issued by a travel agent, it's unlikely that AA will touch it prior to departure. Maybe work with your corporate TA and T&E dept to see if you can purchase F and pay for the difference (which the TA can document) out of pocket.
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Can they do it with code share? AA ticket stock but some non AA OW metal?
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I do this often, especially on routings with tough upgrades or when the fare difference to P is comparable to the cost of stickers. I book through my corporate travel and once the ticket is issued, I call the AA Meetings Desk (also their corporate desk). They compute the upfare (often cheaper than what I've priced online if the routing has an applicable P or A fare for my corporate contract), and I charge the difference to my personal card. No change fee if you keep the same flights, but I generally do have to pay the $25 ticketing fee. It would be like Christmas if someday the website would allow these changes online.
More upside, same-day changes are usually easy online with P fares. Downside of course is any flight disruptions, when the AA folks love to tell you you've actually purchased a coach fare. But that's another topic... ;) |
Originally Posted by jAAck
(Post 24685118)
It would be like Christmas if someday the website would allow these changes online.
I'm a contractor for the VA so my expenses are subject to audit. I paid the difference after buying a coach ticket and got AA to do "a onetime gesture of goodwill" (too bad they have a corporate limit on goodwill) and waive the fees. I don't have a corporate travel office and always book on aa.com. Seems like the only thing consistent with AA is inconsistency. @ lovetheduns - Do you have to pay a change fee if you make a change after getting choice + and then upgrading? Seems like a grey area. |
Originally Posted by AAExpDFW
(Post 24682465)
I book with a TA all the time. AA has no problem making changes to my TA ticket. Everything from eVIPs to full out changes.
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Originally Posted by jaytcsd
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Just sent this same suggestion to AA via the web.
I'm a contractor for the VA so my expenses are subject to audit. I paid the difference after buying a coach ticket and got AA to do "a onetime gesture of goodwill" (too bad they have a corporate limit on goodwill) and waive the fees. I don't have a corporate travel office and always book on aa.com. Seems like the only thing consistent with AA is inconsistency. @ lovetheduns - Do you have to pay a change fee if you make a change after getting choice + and then upgrading? Seems like a grey area. |
I print a pdf of the fare quote page just before I put the res on hold. So far I have not been asked to show expenses, I hope that will suffice.
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Originally Posted by jaytcsd
(Post 24688575)
I paid the difference after buying a coach ticket and got AA to do "a onetime gesture of goodwill" (too bad they have a corporate limit on goodwill) and waive the fees. I :) Most fare rules include language that says a reticketing that is not due to a change of: date, flight or routing, does not have a fee. So changing cabin should be waived. |
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