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[Consolidated Thread]: Cash upgrade offers on Award tickets

Old Jun 9, 2018, 2:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Zorak
Do these remain in the original award class or rebook into RY/OY? tried searching but most discussion (reasonably) revolves around the MQD/MQM question.
Mine rebooked into RY.
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Old Aug 11, 2018, 5:40 pm
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FCM upgrade on award ticket

Booked an N-class award ticket, and Delta is now offering an upgrade to F for ~$100.

Will I earn miles for flying F like I would if it was a revenue bucket after the upgrade?
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Old Aug 11, 2018, 9:53 pm
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Originally Posted by keitherson
Booked an N-class award ticket, and Delta is now offering an upgrade to F for ~$100.

Will I earn miles for flying F like I would if it was a revenue bucket after the upgrade?
Seems like this topic comes up every two weeks or so on here now, but the short answer is you will only earn MQDs and RDMs for the UG price, but no MQMs or MQSs.
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Old Dec 21, 2018, 12:52 pm
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Received this offer when checking in.

The original award was 35K each. No thanks.
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Old Dec 21, 2018, 1:11 pm
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I'm not sure what difference it makes what the original award cost. The original Y ticket is a sunk cost, whether you paid cash or miles.
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Old Dec 21, 2018, 1:46 pm
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Originally Posted by CO-PLAT
Received this offer when checking in.

The original award was 35K each. No thanks.
I would say that's actually a pretty reasonable offer!
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Old Dec 21, 2018, 1:48 pm
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Originally Posted by CO-PLAT
Received this offer when checking in.

The original award was 35K each. No thanks.
Exactly what's to be expected with the new "miles as a currency" thing DL is pushing.
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Old Dec 21, 2018, 2:55 pm
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Originally Posted by jmgriffin
I would say that's actually a pretty reasonable offer!
We're already upgraded to C+. Not sure if it was $659 each or both? Regardless, no thanks. It only applies to the 1st leg PDX-NRT. We'll do just fine in C+. If it was a Korean Air 777, I'd be all over it.
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Old Dec 23, 2018, 7:05 am
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"upgrade applies to all passengers"
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Old Dec 23, 2018, 8:40 am
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Originally Posted by pvn
"upgrade applies to all passengers"
I'm cynical enough to think that that message could just mean you have to upgrade all pax, but that's still the per-person price, so I'd still want to see the next screen to be sure.
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Old Dec 23, 2018, 10:52 am
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When I've seen it in the past on a multi-pax PNR it always explicitly says "per passenger"
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Old Feb 7, 2019, 4:16 pm
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Does anyone have any experience upgrading a domestic economy ticket (fare class N), paying for an upgrade to F using cash, and then crediting to a partner airline (AirFrance)?
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Old Feb 7, 2019, 4:54 pm
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Originally Posted by coltonatx
Does anyone have any experience upgrading a domestic economy ticket (fare class N), paying for an upgrade to F using cash, and then crediting to a partner airline (AirFrance)?
No experience, but from above it seems these rebook into OY (and formerly maybe RY) and I doubt any of OY, RY, or N will earn anything in FB since they're not listed, and award tickets are specifically excluded.
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Old Mar 26, 2019, 9:00 pm
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any recent reports? i would happily redeem skypesos/buy Y and then buy up if it means it'd be cheaper than paying directly for first
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Old Mar 26, 2019, 10:06 pm
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I would be all over that PDX-NRT like a hobo on a ham sandwich.
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