upgrade coupons
Jan 12, 2010 | 10:16 pm
#2
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Might want to try Craigslist... or make 90 meaningful posts on FT and wait 3 months. Note: FT strictly forbids exchange of travel related items that involve cash. Vouchers are a gray area.
Jan 13, 2010 | 5:24 am
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Jan 13, 2010 | 1:18 pm
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Jan 13, 2010 | 1:25 pm
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You should note that eBay is pretty aggressive with respect to taking down any auctions for miles, awards, and upgrades, whether achieved through miles or coupons.
Jan 13, 2010 | 1:51 pm
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haha
Jan 13, 2010 | 3:56 pm
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Jan 21, 2010 | 12:03 pm
#10
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Last year, I purchased upgrade coupons at LAX for AC. If I recall, the coupons were ~$75 each, and they were only good for a few very specific routes. In my case, LAX-YVR happened to be one of these routes, and I used them to upgrade the entire RT. At first, the CS rep at the ticket counter had no idea what I was talking about, but I had brought in a printout from their website. Eventually, she found the vouchers and sold them to me. These had to be purchased [I]at[I] the airport, so I simply purchased them when I had to be at LAX for a different trip.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Jan 21, 2010 | 1:25 pm
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Also, look on ebay for systemwide upgrades, they usually say, you'll bid on a white envelope and get the systemwide for free ( the envelope is somewhere between 300-600$)
Jan 22, 2010 | 7:08 am
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eBay used to have a lot of United SWUs for sale, but I think that has stopped. Those were only worth the price for international because they usually sold for $300+ and you needed to buy a relatively expensive coach fare and then evade United's attempts to catch you doing it.