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bcflyer11 May 26, 2009 10:18 am
V upgrade?
 
Hey everyone,

I'm new to FlyerTalk but am enjoying it thoroughly so far!

I know that upgrades from economy to business class using Asia Miles are restricted to a few booking classes. For my upcoming flight from HKG to JFK, I have a V economy class ticket--and I know that this is officially not upgradeable. Is there any way to work around this restriction? I'm a Silver member if that helps.

Thanks!

QRC3288 May 26, 2009 10:29 am
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Originally Posted by bcflyer11 (Post 11806677)
Hey everyone,

I'm new to FlyerTalk but am enjoying it thoroughly so far!

I know that upgrades from economy to business class using Asia Miles are restricted to a few booking classes. For my upcoming flight from HKG to JFK, I have a V economy class ticket--and I know that this is officially not upgradeable. Is there any way to work around this restriction? I'm a Silver member if that helps.

Thanks!
You can pay the fare difference to H or K (if available), and then use miles to upgrade. Or pray that Y is full, and there aren't many DMs/GOs/ etc etc on the flight so you get op-up.

Cathay Boy May 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Originally Posted by QRC3288 (Post 11806750)
You can pay the fare difference to H or K (if available), and then use miles to upgrade. Or pray that Y is full, and there aren't many DMs/GOs/ etc etc on the flight so you get op-up.
You can? Last time I had M class ticket and I wanted to use my miles to upgrade and I told the agent I'm willing to pay the difference up to K, and he simply looked at me with a blank stare and say "can't adjust class differences even if you are willing to pay"

G-man82 May 26, 2009 1:42 pm
I've had the same experience as Cathay Boy: been told that they couldn't adjust class differences. So once ticketed, I assume the only way to upgrade a non-upgradeable ticket is to have status and be offered an op-up. That happened to me; flew May '08 on the All Asia Pass, which is M fare, as Silver member - an hour before the flight, while in the BA terraces lounge checking e-mail, my name was called. Flight was oversold, and they upgraded me to J, the new J. Was a great experience; I had sat through a 8 hour standardized test the day before (US Medical Licensing Exam Step 1) and that was a nice end to that awful experience. Flying out the next day was my gift before transitioning to the 3rd year of medical school.

Wasabi Tofu May 26, 2009 6:41 pm
Checkin agents can not handle ticketing matter.
So if you want to upgrade V to K, you need to contact original ticket issuer, CX ticket office or travel agent.

TerryK May 26, 2009 7:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Wasabi Tofu (Post 11809492)
Checkin agents can not handle ticketing matter.
So if you want to upgrade V to K, you need to contact original ticket issuer, CX ticket office or travel agent.
+1 ^. There is the answer. You need to arrange this ahead of time. Calculating fare difference may take some time. It is not trivial.

sxc May 26, 2009 8:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Cathay Boy (Post 11807480)
You can? Last time I had M class ticket and I wanted to use my miles to upgrade and I told the agent I'm willing to pay the difference up to K, and he simply looked at me with a blank stare and say "can't adjust class differences even if you are willing to pay"
You can...but in a round about way. You basically need to get a refund for your original ticket, pay any cancellation fees, and then buy a new ticket in the new class.


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