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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 8:21 am
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Az upgrades

Can anyone tell me if AZ upgrades platinum and silver elites
from economy to business on intra-european flights--
e.g. like FCO-FRA or FCO-CDG?
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 9:10 am
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Originally Posted by telexpert
Can anyone tell me if AZ upgrades platinum and silver elites
from economy to business on intra-european flights--
e.g. like FCO-FRA or FCO-CDG?
No, unless the flight is oversold.
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 5:33 pm
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Or if you buy a full fare economy ticket (Y class) and use your DL points to upgrade - http://www.skyteam.com/news/headlines/20081101.html
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Old Aug 15, 2009 | 6:29 am
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Originally Posted by NickB
No, unless the flight is oversold.
And actually, even then, I have the impression that skyteam status is very low down the line of upgrade predictors!
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Old Aug 15, 2009 | 12:53 pm
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Unless I am missing a serious trick, AZ doesn't even HAVE "platinum and silver members", so I guess it would be pretty hard to upgrade them!
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Old Aug 15, 2009 | 4:08 pm
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Az has
- club ulisse = silver
- freccia alata = gold
- freccia alata plus = platinum

But afaik no upgrades are granted.
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by orbitmic
And actually, even then, I have the impression that skyteam status is very low down the line of upgrade predictors!
As in all the other Skyteam airlines, ST status is trumped by the specific airline status.

This is quite shameful, but still, it is the way it is. No sense to blame it on AZ.
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 11:50 am
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Originally Posted by Supersonic Swinger
Or if you buy a full fare economy ticket (Y class) and use your DL points to upgrade - http://www.skyteam.com/news/headlines/20081101.html
As stated on the website, Alitalia is not participating. I always wondered what does it mean: that AZ customers cannot upgrade on other Skyteam airlines, or that no-one can upgrade on AZ flights with miles from other ST partners, or both?
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 3:51 am
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For a detailed answer, the OP lacks context, but it is probably worth noting here that the US concept of automatic upgrades for FFP elite members is virtually non-existant in Europe. (Apart from some untypical exceptions.)

The reason is that the European Business Class concept works differently form the US one in general, and that European FFPs have a stronger emphasis on lounge membership.
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