Upgrading & non Qsuite business class
Dec 26, 2020, 11:29 am
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Upgrading & non Qsuite business class
Is it fairly easy to upgrade yourself from economy to business online via manage your booking? I have a flight on Jan 6 IAD to JNB and would like to upgrade. My company will only pay economy so it would be easier for me to first pay economy and can show them that receipt. Then, I could upgrade myself. Perhaps I would get an offer to upgrade, business doesn't look too full, but not sure how long I should wait on that.
Has anyone flown the A350-900 non-Qsuites? How is it? Still worth the upgrade? The DOH to JNB flight doesn't have Qsuites unless I want to hang out in DOH for 10 hours. But I don't think I want to do that.
Has anyone flown the A350-900 non-Qsuites? How is it? Still worth the upgrade? The DOH to JNB flight doesn't have Qsuites unless I want to hang out in DOH for 10 hours. But I don't think I want to do that.
Dec 26, 2020, 4:58 pm
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Dec 26, 2020, 6:02 pm
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If you want to upgrade the whole ticket (ie all your flights) then it is probably going to be cheaper to simply pay the fare difference upfront rather than using upgrade offers for individual sectors (which may or may not be forthcoming). However, you will need to check the rules of the economy fare to confirm whether any change fee is waived when you upgrade to a higher class. It may not be.
Also paying the fare difference will give you all the perks of J class.
Also paying the fare difference will give you all the perks of J class.
Last edited by minz56; Dec 28, 2020 at 1:30 pm
Dec 26, 2020, 6:55 pm
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No change fee is collected when upfaring the ticket so the OP must call the QR hotline and ask to pay the fare difference and fly Business Class.
Dec 27, 2020, 7:34 pm
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You can also do this through Manage My Booking. I did it last month and it was about half price than the 'upgrade offer'. Basically the difference on the day between economy and business (for a new ticket) minus taxes already paid