What fare class does "Travel in Comfort" option book into
Yesterday | 7:08 pm
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2022
Location: EWR
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What fare class does "Travel in Comfort" option book into
Will it book me into R or RN if I buy the upgrade to PP from Econ?
1K on a W fare. 10 PP left, 15 Polaris left, flight is 9 hours and in 3 weeks.
I want to buy up to PP and apply PlusPoints to get into Polaris but am worried that I'll end up in RN and be stuck in PP.
Any definitive policy on this? Any way an agent would be able to tell me?
1K on a W fare. 10 PP left, 15 Polaris left, flight is 9 hours and in 3 weeks.
I want to buy up to PP and apply PlusPoints to get into Polaris but am worried that I'll end up in RN and be stuck in PP.
Any definitive policy on this? Any way an agent would be able to tell me?
Last edited by Slavka; Yesterday at 8:58 pm
Yesterday | 7:45 pm
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Will it book me into R or RN if I buy the upgrade to PP from Econ?
1K on a W fare. 5 PP left, 15 Polaris left, flight is 9 hours and in 3 weeks.
I want to buy up to PP and apply PlusPoints to get into Polaris but am worried that I'll end up in RN and be stuck in PP.
Any definitive policy on this? Any way an agent would be able to tell me?
1K on a W fare. 5 PP left, 15 Polaris left, flight is 9 hours and in 3 weeks.
I want to buy up to PP and apply PlusPoints to get into Polaris but am worried that I'll end up in RN and be stuck in PP.
Any definitive policy on this? Any way an agent would be able to tell me?
Yesterday | 9:15 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 2,346
In general anything done >24 hours before departure book into the O/A/R booking codes as the buy up offer is typically connected to booking codes availability - a competent agent can tell you what booking code it will upgrade into.
The day of departure upgrades through the check in flow more typically end up in RN as a different system is generating/processing those offers.
The day of departure upgrades through the check in flow more typically end up in RN as a different system is generating/processing those offers.
Yesterday | 10:47 pm
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UA385 -- EWR-DBV -- on July 3, I see 11 open J seats and 10 open PE seats on the seatmap -- maybe they processed a few upgrades. The inventory is J9 .. P9 PN0, indicating that while they're not giving any upgrades at the moment, they're also not confident that they can sell the remaining seats. DBV isn't a huge business destination so that probably factors in somewhere.
It's also O9 ON9 A9 R7 RN0, so I think you'd likely end up in R with a buy-up. But I'm still hesitant to guarantee that your plan will work. At a minimum, I'd check the price to do a flight change into PE vs. the buy-up cost. Do you have PlusPoints applied at the moment? If so, what's your spot in line?
It's also O9 ON9 A9 R7 RN0, so I think you'd likely end up in R with a buy-up. But I'm still hesitant to guarantee that your plan will work. At a minimum, I'd check the price to do a flight change into PE vs. the buy-up cost. Do you have PlusPoints applied at the moment? If so, what's your spot in line?