Same Day BF Upgrade In UK
Sep 3, 2002 | 8:41 am
#16
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Laredo, Texas, USA
Posts: 58
ResAgent - I thought that if you buy a Y fare and you are elite then you get upgraded at the time of purchase for plats. Is this true for BF?
Sep 3, 2002 | 8:48 am
#17
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: SLC
Posts: 205
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by coplatlrd:
I thought that if you buy a Y fare and you are elite then you get upgraded at the time of purchase for plats. Is this true for BF?</font>
I thought that if you buy a Y fare and you are elite then you get upgraded at the time of purchase for plats. Is this true for BF?</font>
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Sep 3, 2002 | 9:21 am
#18
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: EWR
Posts: 899
Here is how the corporate CO email addresses work:
first initial + first 5 letters of last [email protected]
So for example, john hancock would be:
[email protected]
So nightflyer I leave it up to you to decide who to email your great idea to:
first initial + first 5 letters of last [email protected]
So for example, john hancock would be:
[email protected]
So nightflyer I leave it up to you to decide who to email your great idea to:
Sep 3, 2002 | 9:37 am
#19
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Homosassa, FL & Ringwood, NJ -UA-G(Lifetime); SPG-Plat (Lifetime)
Posts: 6,122
I suggestest sending comments to Larry Kellner. I have received phone calls from both his office and from other executives to whom my e-mail was forwarded. Grodon's office is a deep, dark, hole.
Sep 3, 2002 | 10:47 am
#20
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Boondocks of SE CO, USA
Posts: 247
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm going to send the letter to everyone I can think of, and maybe someone will actually read it.
I'll let you know if I get any responses.
I'll let you know if I get any responses.
Sep 3, 2002 | 7:02 pm
#21
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: EWR
Posts: 899
Nightflyer:
You also may want to consider sending Gordon a voice-mail. It seemed to have worked for avek00:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum20/HTML/006081.html
You also may want to consider sending Gordon a voice-mail. It seemed to have worked for avek00:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum20/HTML/006081.html
Sep 4, 2002 | 6:51 am
#22
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Central New Jersey
Programs: UA-Platimum 2 MM, HH-Gold, MR-Lifetime Gold, Hyatt-Discoverist
Posts: 6,238
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ResAgent86:
There are no Elite upgrades in BusinessFirst. Business and First Class are eligible. I wish they hadn't used the name BusinessFirst. It is confusing.
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There are no Elite upgrades in BusinessFirst. Business and First Class are eligible. I wish they hadn't used the name BusinessFirst. It is confusing.
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We've expanded our Elite upgrade policy.
(Posted August 1, 2002)
Now all OnePass Elite members may request an upgrade to First Class or Business Class at the time of ticketing when traveling on Continental and Copa* Airlines on a full Y fare in Economy class. In addition, we are extending this upgrade benefit to Northwest WorldPerks Elite members when flying on Continental. We're pleased to extend this benefit to all of our valued Elite members.
* Upgrades on Copa Airlines will not be effective until September 1.
To me (and I could very well be misunderstanding), this means if I buy any full Y coach fare, say to Europe or South America, as a Platinum (or any Elite status), if they are available, I can be upgraded to BF with no payment of miles at time of ticketing. Some comments on this board seem to say this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify???
Sep 4, 2002 | 10:11 pm
#23
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NYC
Posts: 27,887
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mauld:
I too am a bit confused by this statement. On the CO OP site (as I read it), it states:
We've expanded our Elite upgrade policy.
(Posted August 1, 2002)
Now all OnePass Elite members may request an upgrade to First Class or Business Class at the time of ticketing when traveling on Continental and Copa* Airlines on a full Y fare in Economy class. In addition, we are extending this upgrade benefit to Northwest WorldPerks Elite members when flying on Continental. We're pleased to extend this benefit to all of our valued Elite members.
* Upgrades on Copa Airlines will not be effective until September 1.
To me (and I could very well be misunderstanding), this means if I buy any full Y coach fare, say to Europe or South America, as a Platinum (or any Elite status), if they are available, I can be upgraded to BF with no payment of miles at time of ticketing. Some comments on this board seem to say this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify???
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I too am a bit confused by this statement. On the CO OP site (as I read it), it states:
We've expanded our Elite upgrade policy.
(Posted August 1, 2002)
Now all OnePass Elite members may request an upgrade to First Class or Business Class at the time of ticketing when traveling on Continental and Copa* Airlines on a full Y fare in Economy class. In addition, we are extending this upgrade benefit to Northwest WorldPerks Elite members when flying on Continental. We're pleased to extend this benefit to all of our valued Elite members.
* Upgrades on Copa Airlines will not be effective until September 1.
To me (and I could very well be misunderstanding), this means if I buy any full Y coach fare, say to Europe or South America, as a Platinum (or any Elite status), if they are available, I can be upgraded to BF with no payment of miles at time of ticketing. Some comments on this board seem to say this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify???
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