Two-phases upgrade for CX flight?
Jul 9, 2017 | 11:25 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 1
Two-phases upgrade for CX flight?
Hi All
I am new to AsiaMiles and is still trying to get my head around. I read the reward chart (https://www.asiamiles.com/am/en/redeem/charts) and saw below example (as to redeem One Class Upgrade Awards in Award Zone S):
One-way upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy Class: 5,000
One-way upgrade from Premium Economy to Business Class: 5,000
One-way upgrade from Economy to Business Class: 12,500
My question is, is it technically possible to upgrade your seat twice, by firstly upgrade to PE, then BC, in order to save yourself 2,500 miles? I was not sure if the rule prevents me doing so, nor do I know what challenge could arise in reality even it is theoretically possible.
Apology in advance if the question is repeated - any pointer of the old threads would be appreciated.
Cheers
Zoe
I am new to AsiaMiles and is still trying to get my head around. I read the reward chart (https://www.asiamiles.com/am/en/redeem/charts) and saw below example (as to redeem One Class Upgrade Awards in Award Zone S):
One-way upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy Class: 5,000
One-way upgrade from Premium Economy to Business Class: 5,000
One-way upgrade from Economy to Business Class: 12,500
My question is, is it technically possible to upgrade your seat twice, by firstly upgrade to PE, then BC, in order to save yourself 2,500 miles? I was not sure if the rule prevents me doing so, nor do I know what challenge could arise in reality even it is theoretically possible.
Apology in advance if the question is repeated - any pointer of the old threads would be appreciated.
Cheers
Zoe
Jul 10, 2017 | 12:39 am
#3
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: HK
Programs: Qantas (Lifetime Gold), PAL (Elite), British Airways (now sadly blue), Cathay MPO DM
Posts: 797
I would add some info based on something that happened to me recently.
I wanted to upgrade from Economy on a flight from HK to Seoul. I had already ticketed my flights in K class which is upgradeable.
However, my outbound flight had no PE, so I could only to economy to biz; while the return flight had PE so I could only do economy to PE ... which meant I COULD NOT do this online for some reason, and when i tried ringing up, could not get the "return" rate for the upgrade just the much more expensive 2 x one-way upgrade. Really irritating.
I wanted to upgrade from Economy on a flight from HK to Seoul. I had already ticketed my flights in K class which is upgradeable.
However, my outbound flight had no PE, so I could only to economy to biz; while the return flight had PE so I could only do economy to PE ... which meant I COULD NOT do this online for some reason, and when i tried ringing up, could not get the "return" rate for the upgrade just the much more expensive 2 x one-way upgrade. Really irritating.
Jul 10, 2017 | 5:33 am
#4
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
Programs: Non-top tier Asia Miles member
Posts: 22,142
However, my outbound flight had no PE, so I could only to economy to biz; while the return flight had PE so I could only do economy to PE ... which meant I COULD NOT do this online for some reason, and when i tried ringing up, could not get the "return" rate for the upgrade just the much more expensive 2 x one-way upgrade. Really irritating.