Upgrade/Downgrade on AONE and DONE fares...
Jan 9, 2005 | 8:44 am
#1
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Upgrade/Downgrade on AONE and DONE fares...
Hello OWers 
2 Questions about OWexplorer fares...
AONE:
Can this fare be downgraded to DONE w/o penalty?
DONE:
Can this fare be upgraded w/o penalty?
Tickets would both be used for 3 continent travel originating and returning to the US.
2 Questions about OWexplorer fares...
AONE:
Can this fare be downgraded to DONE w/o penalty?
DONE:
Can this fare be upgraded w/o penalty?
Tickets would both be used for 3 continent travel originating and returning to the US.
Jan 9, 2005 | 9:12 am
#2
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Originally Posted by FLYaway3x
Hello OWers
2 Questions about OWexplorer fares...
AONE:
Can this fare be downgraded to DONE w/o penalty?
DONE:
Can this fare be upgraded w/o penalty?
Tickets would both be used for 3 continent travel originating and returning to the US.
2 Questions about OWexplorer fares...
AONE:
Can this fare be downgraded to DONE w/o penalty?
DONE:
Can this fare be upgraded w/o penalty?
Tickets would both be used for 3 continent travel originating and returning to the US.
Jan 9, 2005 | 9:38 am
#3
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I'm not sure that was the question the OP was asking...
If you mean for money then the starfiles say:
So upgrade is clearly no problem - although to make sense you would probably want to do it before starting the journey.
Downgrades (except of the type that JohnAx mentions due to lack of First on a route) are more problematic. I suspect that would be a cancel and reissue if it was before your first flight, and it muight be tricky to do after the first flight.
I don't understand why you would want to do this though? Chronic indecision?
If you mean for money then the starfiles say:
Code:
43N UPGRADE 44N -------- 45N . 46N UPGRADE AT ANY TIME: 47N . 48N . * ANY ECONOMY ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARE MAY BE 49N . UPGRADED TO FIRST/BUSINESS CLASS ONEWORLD 50N . EXPLORER FARES WITHOUT PENALTY. 51N . * BUSINESS CLASS ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARES MAY BE 52N . UPGRADED TO A FIRST CLASS ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARE 53N . WITHOUT PENALTY. 54N . * AADVANTAGE UPGRADE AWARDS PERMITTED ON AA 55N . SECTORS USING AA AWARDS ONLY. /UPGRADES ON OA 56N . PARTNER SECTORS NOT ALLOWED./ 57N . * STICKER UPGRADES ALLOWED ON U.S. DOMESTIC AND U. 58N . S./CA TRANSBORDER SEGMENTS ONLY. 59N . * AN UPGRADE TO A FULL MILEAGE RTW FARE IS 60N . PERMITTED AT ANY TIME WITHOUT PENALTY. REISSUED 61N . TICKETS MUST SHOW IN THE ENDORSEMENT BOX: 62N . 63N . NON-REF/XXX 64N . /THE XXX INDICATES THE ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARE 65N . BASIS CODE./ 66N . 67N . * THE ORIGINAL NON-REFUNDABLE AMOUNT REMAINS NON- 68N . REFUNDABLE. IF THE UPGRADED TICKET IS 69N . SUBSEQUENTLY CANCELLED, THE ORIGINAL PENALTY WILL 70N . APPLY. 71N . * AN ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARE MAY BE USED AS CREDIT 72N . TOWARDS THE PAYMENT OF ANY HIGHER FARE TYPE FROM 73N . THE POINT OF ORIGIN PROVIDED THE RULES OF THE 74N . HIGHER FARE TYPE HAVE BEEN MET. REISSUED TICKETS 75N . MUST SHOW IN THE ENDORSEMENT BOX: 76N . 77N . NON-REF/XXX 78N . /THE XXX INDICATES THE ONEWORLD EXPLORER FARE 79N . BASIS CODE./ 80N . 81N . * THE ORIGINAL NON-REFUNDABLE AMOUNT REMAINS NON- 82N . REFUNDABLE. IF THE UPGRADED TICKET IS 83N . SUBSEQUENTLY CANCELLED, THE ORIGINAL PENALTY WILL 84N . APPLY.
Downgrades (except of the type that JohnAx mentions due to lack of First on a route) are more problematic. I suspect that would be a cancel and reissue if it was before your first flight, and it muight be tricky to do after the first flight.
I don't understand why you would want to do this though? Chronic indecision?
Jan 9, 2005 | 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by christep
I don't understand why you would want to do this though? Chronic indecision?
I have two seperate reservations, a three continent and a four continent journey. the Three is in F the Four is in J. Thanks for clearing the rules though. I want to downgrade the three continent because one of its sectors isn't in F and there are only 4 sectors. The J I want to upgrade, because as of now, everything is in J. I think I'll upgrade the J RTW trip and leave the F RTW trip alone. If I am going to get a 10% cancellation fee, it really doesn't save me that much money.
Jan 10, 2005 | 8:41 pm
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Originally Posted by JohnAx
Does this mean you're an engineer, or are other professions prone to that kind of behavior?