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Old Oct 7, 2014, 9:42 am
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Avios upgrade to change date?
If I travel on a discount economy fare, I can't change the travel date.

But, if I travel on a discount economy fare, and upgrade with avios, can travel dates be changed? If so, to which class does the upgrade need to be and is there a cost attached to the date change?

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Old Oct 7, 2014, 9:45 am
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Sadly, you can't upgrade discount economy fare with avios so the question is moot.
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Old Oct 7, 2014, 9:45 am
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Originally Posted by zinneken
If I travel on a discount economy fare, I can't change the travel date.

But, if I travel on a discount economy fare, and upgrade with avios, can travel dates be changed? If so, to which class does the upgrade need to be and is there a cost attached to the date change?

Thanks!
I'm fairly sure the general rule is that ability/cost to change is based on the underlying base ticket. But, you can't upgrade the cheapest economy tickets with Avios anyway.
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Old Oct 7, 2014, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by zinneken
If I travel on a discount economy fare, I can't change the travel date.
This is not true in all cases. Some discount economy fares do allow changes/cancellations by paying the applicable change/cancellation fee as per the fare rules.

Originally Posted by zinneken
But, if I travel on a discount economy fare, and upgrade with avios, can travel dates be changed? If so, to which class does the upgrade need to be and is there a cost attached to the date change?
You cannot upgrade from discount economy with avios. If you are in an upgradeable fare class (Y, B, H for economy or all premium economy and business fares) then the underlying revenue fare rules still apply for any changes/cancellations.
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Old Oct 7, 2014, 10:56 am
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Thanks for this enlightenment! New ticket then ...
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Old Oct 7, 2014, 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by zinneken
If I travel on a discount economy fare, I can't change the travel date.
You sound awfully sure of this. I book a fair number of discount economy tickets (yes, really!) and I've not yet come across one that wouldn't let me change the date at all, if I pay the change fee.
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Old Oct 8, 2014, 5:58 am
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Originally Posted by zinneken
If I travel on a discount economy fare, I can't change the travel date.
I book a fair number of discount economy tickets (yes, really!) and I've not yet come across one that wouldn't let me change the date at all, if I pay the change fee.
Indeed - I think that all or almost all economy tickets are now changeable for change fee plus fare difference. If the OP's discount economy ticket really is non-changeable, it would be an oddity.
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