Possible to upgrade to eco flex from eco classic after booking?
Jul 17, 2019, 8:41 am
#1
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Possible to upgrade to eco flex from eco classic after booking?
I have booked a return flight FRA-BCN for my wife and myself on LH in eco classic. Booking class outbound is S, inbound is T.
Now I would like to retroactively buy/upgrade to an eco flex ticket. Is that possible? If yes, how? The website only offers an upgrade to Business.
Now I would like to retroactively buy/upgrade to an eco flex ticket. Is that possible? If yes, how? The website only offers an upgrade to Business.
Jul 17, 2019, 11:44 am
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Depends on the price difference. If buying the flex option at time of booking is 100€ vs 400€ for a later upgrade to flex... people will probably rather buy it at time of booking.
So it comes down to fees and upfare for changes against buying the flex option.
Nevertheless, I do not think it is possible to upgrade from a light or classic ticket to a flex ticket.
So it comes down to fees and upfare for changes against buying the flex option.
Nevertheless, I do not think it is possible to upgrade from a light or classic ticket to a flex ticket.
Jul 18, 2019, 2:05 am
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Well, I understand that this would be counterproductive to the airline if you could do that a day or even a week before departure. But my flight is going out in nearly two months. There's still some open seats in there (as well as Flex tickets), so I don't understand why you couldn't upfare it up to a certain deadline (say one month before departure). It could give the airline another potential revenue source.
Jul 18, 2019, 4:03 am
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Well, I understand that this would be counterproductive to the airline if you could do that a day or even a week before departure. But my flight is going out in nearly two months. There's still some open seats in there (as well as Flex tickets), so I don't understand why you couldn't upfare it up to a certain deadline (say one month before departure). It could give the airline another potential revenue source.
You will not be able to ”upgrade” to a ticket that you can then cancel and get a full refund for.
Jul 18, 2019, 5:17 am
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Jul 18, 2019, 6:01 am
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That's how SK has been doing it for quite a while. You can upfare into a more flex ticket (unless it is a super cheap absolutely no-changes allowed ticket), but it will never relax the terms for cancellation and refunding of the original ticket. You just pay for flexibility in schedule, i.e. re bookings.
Jul 18, 2019, 7:52 am
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Yes, but this approach has mainly been used when the booking class did determine the level of flexibility (T -> super restricted; Y -> flex). With the introduction of the LGT/CLS/FLX fares this approach became a lot less useful, because worst case you could want to upgrade from a T_CLS_ fare to a T_FLX fare. This way you would only safe the rebooking fee, but a fare difference does still apply. Unless you want to take care of the same day changes that you are allowed to make when travelling on a FLX fare.
Jul 18, 2019, 7:55 am
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Yes, but this approach has mainly been used when the booking class did determine the level of flexibility (T -> super restricted; Y -> flex). With the introduction of the LGT/CLS/FLX fares this approach became a lot less useful, because worst case you could want to upgrade from a T_CLS_ fare to a T_FLX fare. This way you would only safe the rebooking fee, but a fare difference does still apply. Unless you want to take care of the same day changes that you are allowed to make when travelling on a FLX fare.