Airline Elite Status & Upgrades
Mar 28, 2012 | 1:35 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 14
Airline Elite Status & Upgrades
Hi Everyone,
A bit of a noob question here: If I pay for an economy/coach ticket and then upgrade to business/first with miles...
Is it treated the same as an award ticket, and therefore I get no elite-qualifying miles credited to my account?
Or is it treated as a paid ticket and I get the miles normally awarded to me based on my paid economy/coach fare?
A bit of a noob question here: If I pay for an economy/coach ticket and then upgrade to business/first with miles...
Is it treated the same as an award ticket, and therefore I get no elite-qualifying miles credited to my account?
Or is it treated as a paid ticket and I get the miles normally awarded to me based on my paid economy/coach fare?
Mar 28, 2012 | 12:37 pm
#5
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Traveling some where hopefully
Programs: AS, AA Gold, and Hilton
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Mar 29, 2012 | 9:50 am
#7
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Finally back in Boston after escaping from New York
Posts: 13,684
I fly a lot of AA which, domestically, is 15,000 miles plus $75, regardless of fare class. Bargain on BOSLAX. Not so much on BOSORD.
If the OP is whom I think he is, he's an AA guy. If not, well, my cheeks are red. Kinda pinkish, actually.
Mike