Upgrade with miles - Ambiguous current chart.
Oct 21, 2018 | 11:31 am
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Upgrade with miles - Ambiguous current chart.
The current Upgrade with miles chart is ambiguous w.r.t. Premium Economy, which is listed in two columns (along with Discount and Full Fare Economy).
Can anyone clarify whether a premium economy ticket would have to pay the $$$s and many thousand more miles than the 2nd column?
Can anyone clarify whether a premium economy ticket would have to pay the $$$s and many thousand more miles than the 2nd column?
Oct 21, 2018 | 12:06 pm
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The current Upgrade with miles chart is ambiguous w.r.t. Premium Economy, which is listed in two columns (along with Discount and Full Fare Economy).
Can anyone clarify whether a premium economy ticket would have to pay the $$$s and many thousand more miles than the 2nd column?
Can anyone clarify whether a premium economy ticket would have to pay the $$$s and many thousand more miles than the 2nd column?
So, discount economy (H,K,M,L,V,G,Q,N,O,S, and mil/gov Y) and discount premium economy (P) fares can upgrade to next class of service on given aircraft for $75 + 15,000 miles. On those aircraft with PE available now, that means no more standard economy upgrades to Business for cash + points. This makes the A333 more appealing for mileage upgrades, when available, while it's still in the fleet...
A full fare economy (Y) or full fare premium economy (W) will upgrade to the next class of service for only 5,000 points.
Last edited by PHL; Oct 21, 2018 at 12:13 pm
Oct 21, 2018 | 8:46 pm
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For now.
Oct 21, 2018 | 10:57 pm
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Column one refers to discount PE (P class) column 2 refers to full fare PE (W class)
So, discount economy (H,K,M,L,V,G,Q,N,O,S, and mil/gov Y) and discount premium economy (P) fares can upgrade to next class of service on given aircraft for $75 + 15,000 miles. On those aircraft with PE available now, that means no more standard economy upgrades to Business for cash + points. This makes the A333 more appealing for mileage upgrades, when available, while it's still in the fleet...
A full fare economy (Y) or full fare premium economy (W) will upgrade to the next class of service for only 5,000 points.
So, discount economy (H,K,M,L,V,G,Q,N,O,S, and mil/gov Y) and discount premium economy (P) fares can upgrade to next class of service on given aircraft for $75 + 15,000 miles. On those aircraft with PE available now, that means no more standard economy upgrades to Business for cash + points. This makes the A333 more appealing for mileage upgrades, when available, while it's still in the fleet...
A full fare economy (Y) or full fare premium economy (W) will upgrade to the next class of service for only 5,000 points.
Oct 22, 2018 | 4:35 pm
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I guess I read the chart literally, and I think we all know that this change of going from Coach to PE as a 'next class of service' will eventually be permanent.
Oct 22, 2018 | 7:39 pm
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