Which fare classes are eligible for miles upgrades?
Mar 26, 2014, 5:53 am
#16
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Same with miles, its one 'upgrade' per fare component in a direction. So as you mentioned if that outgoing with stopover is on the same fare basis and it allows a stopover, it would only require 1 15K mile upgrade per person.
Mar 28, 2014, 12:50 pm
#17
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Not sure if this is the best place to post, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to search for O-class availability on KL. EF only shows availability for Flex awards, and I think O corresponds to a Classic KL award.
I'm trying to book a SFO-AMS-SFO trip and upgrade using miles, and the easiest routing is KL on their direct. But of course, DL isn't showing any availability for O, so if I wanted to book right now and upgrade I would have to book a Y-fare. DL routing isn't doing any better either.
Also, it seems like if the flight is on KL metal, the following fare and booking classes are needed:
M -> not eligible
B -> O
Y -> Z
I'm trying to book a SFO-AMS-SFO trip and upgrade using miles, and the easiest routing is KL on their direct. But of course, DL isn't showing any availability for O, so if I wanted to book right now and upgrade I would have to book a Y-fare. DL routing isn't doing any better either.
Also, it seems like if the flight is on KL metal, the following fare and booking classes are needed:
M -> not eligible
B -> O
Y -> Z
Mar 28, 2014, 2:32 pm
#18
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http://AwardNexus.com will also show DL award inventory (also screen scraped from the Delta.com award search) however unlike other tools it has a free version for FT members and no download required.
The 100 pts is probably enough if you are a casual user, but if you do an automated email notification (only daily option available) you can use them up on one search easily before 30 days (4 points is my average search).
Last edited by BusTrav8yrs; Mar 28, 2014 at 2:41 pm