Paid upgrade question
Nov 18, 2015, 3:07 pm
#16
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. / Washington, DC
Programs: AA PPro/DL PLT, PPass, Marriott / Hilton Gold, JetBlue Mosaic, Hertz Presidents Circle, Amex Plat
Posts: 4,631
If you try to price a one-way, it will not show Z fares, as these are always roundtrip discounted fares. Most Z fares can be combined with an Economy fare. Try pricing your itinerary on ITA with your outbound in Economy and the return specifically in Z.
Nov 18, 2015, 9:01 pm
#17
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AA EXP, IHG PLT, IC Amb
Posts: 5,525
They can upgrade to Z on this flight for $1,800. Cheaper than buying a normal TATL fare but still a little too much for me. I would pay up to $1k for an upgrade on an 11hr flight, for sure. I guess I'll just have to try and get lucky and try and get a DoD departure.
I only paid $650 RT for this PHX-LAX-AMS-ATH-CDG-LAX-PHX MR mini-vacation, but I always try to upgrade at the airports on all of my cheap MR fares.
