Upgrading w/ Miles - Difficult?
May 29, 2015, 8:04 pm
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Upgrading w/ Miles - Difficult?
First time LAN flyer, jumped on the crazy LAX-IGU fares for $360 RT
I am booked in some sort of O fare which according the LAN website looks like I am able to upgrade for 24K miles each way between USA and Brazil. I am flying LAX-LIM-GRU-GIG on 11/5 and back on 11/12 IGU-LIM-LAX
First, I want to confirm that is actually true and how hard is it to snag an upgrade with miles? I'd love to do this for my wife and I so now I need to find out the best way to get 96K LAN Pass miles. I am 6 foot 5, so the thought of these flights scares the daylights out of me. I will clearly need some ambien haha.
It looks like the credit card could net the wife and I 50K miles...any other ideas?
Are using AA or BA miles to upgrade completely off the table. It seems that AA is out and didn't see anything re: BA.
Is there anything else I can try to upgrade other than miles? Coupons?
I am booked in some sort of O fare which according the LAN website looks like I am able to upgrade for 24K miles each way between USA and Brazil. I am flying LAX-LIM-GRU-GIG on 11/5 and back on 11/12 IGU-LIM-LAX
First, I want to confirm that is actually true and how hard is it to snag an upgrade with miles? I'd love to do this for my wife and I so now I need to find out the best way to get 96K LAN Pass miles. I am 6 foot 5, so the thought of these flights scares the daylights out of me. I will clearly need some ambien haha.
It looks like the credit card could net the wife and I 50K miles...any other ideas?
Are using AA or BA miles to upgrade completely off the table. It seems that AA is out and didn't see anything re: BA.
Is there anything else I can try to upgrade other than miles? Coupons?
Last edited by kdinino; May 29, 2015 at 8:09 pm
May 30, 2015, 11:49 pm
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Thank you for this info - so are these the same coupons that are given with the credit card offers? Are there any other ways to get access to these coupons?
May 31, 2015, 10:14 am
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As far as I know, coupons are only given to LANPASS credit card holders or LANPASS elite members. You can't apply a coupon to someone else unless you are on the same flight.
May 31, 2015, 11:09 pm
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Jun 1, 2015, 9:32 am
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Jun 3, 2015, 3:40 pm
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Jun 3, 2015, 5:40 pm
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