AA flight on BA booking
Mar 23, 2015, 3:02 pm
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AA flight on BA booking
Hope this is clear! I've booked a flight from JFK - SFO, I fare, as part of a BA booking, AA flight number
Is it possible to upgrade to First Class using points (AA or BA)? If not any idea how much it would cost to upgrade?
Thanks
Is it possible to upgrade to First Class using points (AA or BA)? If not any idea how much it would cost to upgrade?
Thanks
Mar 23, 2015, 3:13 pm
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Post 7 on this thread should help. Looks like a 'no' for using Avios if I am reading it correctly as you state as part of a BA booking so assume there is a BA flight in there. However, I fare is not one of the valid fare codes. (No idea about AA points/miles)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...l#post24087999
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...l#post24087999
Last edited by madfish; Mar 23, 2015 at 3:20 pm
Mar 23, 2015, 3:16 pm
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See this from the AA board http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...-upgrades.html
If available the asking price is from $200-300
If available the asking price is from $200-300
Last edited by AyeCaramba; Mar 23, 2015 at 3:18 pm Reason: correction
Mar 23, 2015, 3:17 pm
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Apr 2, 2015, 12:08 pm
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I've read the link in post 2 but neither I, nor the very helpful Brian on the BA phone, can tell me how many Avios it will cost to upgrade to First. Brian has promised to call me back tomorrow after he's spoken to ticketing in Manchester.
Do any FTers know the answer?
Do any FTers know the answer?
Apr 2, 2015, 12:33 pm
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I've read the link in post 2 but neither I, nor the very helpful Brian on the BA phone, can tell me how many Avios it will cost to upgrade to First. Brian has promised to call me back tomorrow after he's spoken to ticketing in Manchester.
Do any FTers know the answer?
Do any FTers know the answer?
The Avios amount required for the upgrade is based on the Avios costs for reward flights in the cabins you are upgrading from and to. The formula is:
Avios for the cabin you wish to upgrade to - Avios for the cabin you make your booking in = Avios required to upgrade one way
Here's an example for a one-way upgrade from London to New York, upgrading from premium economy (World Traveller Plus) to business (Club World):
Club World: 40,000 Avios - World Traveller Plus: 30,000 Avios = 10,000 Avios to upgrade
Avios for the cabin you wish to upgrade to - Avios for the cabin you make your booking in = Avios required to upgrade one way
Here's an example for a one-way upgrade from London to New York, upgrading from premium economy (World Traveller Plus) to business (Club World):
Club World: 40,000 Avios - World Traveller Plus: 30,000 Avios = 10,000 Avios to upgrade
SFO-JFK = ~ 2586 miles
which requires 37,500 avios for a redemption in First, you have a business class booking (which would require 25,000 avios if it was a redemption)
37500 - 25000 = 12500 avios to upgrade to first from business class.
The other way to calculate it and as done in the very helpful Guide is it costs 12,500 avios for a coach redemption flight on that route. It will cost you an additional 1.0x to upgrade from business (the cabin you are in) to first (the cabin you want to upgrade to).
x = the amount of a coach class redemption so 1.0 times x(12500) = 12500 avios.
Last edited by jerry a. laska; Apr 2, 2015 at 12:39 pm
Apr 2, 2015, 12:39 pm
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You can't do it of course, because you aren't in an eligible fare class but to UuA from business to first would be calculated in this manner:
So,
SFO-JFK = ~ 2586 miles
which requires 37,500 avios for a redemption in First, you have a business class booking (which would require 25,000 avios if it was a redemption)
37500 - 25000 = 12500 avios to upgrade to first from business class.
So,
SFO-JFK = ~ 2586 miles
which requires 37,500 avios for a redemption in First, you have a business class booking (which would require 25,000 avios if it was a redemption)
37500 - 25000 = 12500 avios to upgrade to first from business class.
Brian spoke to AA and said he could do it by (I think) changing the fare class. There wouldn't be a cost but he couldn't work out how many Avios.
Fingers crossed he can still do it tomorrow.
Apr 2, 2015, 12:43 pm
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I would expect an increase in fare to move from an inflexible I class to a flexible J, C, or D class ticket (which are the upgradeable fare classes).
