Are all mile upgrades the same as copay+mile upgrades in terms of availability?
Mar 6, 2012, 11:21 pm
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 227
Are all mile upgrades the same as copay+mile upgrades in terms of availability?
Are all mile upgrades the same as copay+mile upgrades in terms of availability?
Booked SFO to LON and got the upgrade today for copay+miles. I should have checked if the all mileage saver BF ticket was available first (50k miles in each direction). It is available in one direction but not the other. I find the prospect of paying 100k miles to be better than: $1000 for the seat, another $1000 for the copay plus 40k miles.
So, what I'd like to know is did I take a saver all mileage spot by doing the upgrade? and if i cancel it, will that go back into inventory as a saver fare? if so, I'm thinking of cancelling (still within 24 hours) and booking the all miles instead.
What does everyone think?
Booked SFO to LON and got the upgrade today for copay+miles. I should have checked if the all mileage saver BF ticket was available first (50k miles in each direction). It is available in one direction but not the other. I find the prospect of paying 100k miles to be better than: $1000 for the seat, another $1000 for the copay plus 40k miles.
So, what I'd like to know is did I take a saver all mileage spot by doing the upgrade? and if i cancel it, will that go back into inventory as a saver fare? if so, I'm thinking of cancelling (still within 24 hours) and booking the all miles instead.
What does everyone think?
Mar 7, 2012, 7:36 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP, Hilton GLD, Marriott Plat, NEXUS/GE
Posts: 2,872
XC (award business) and NC (upgrade business) are different inventory buckets. It is quite possible that the inventory will not go back to the NC bucket immediately (or at all).
Mar 7, 2012, 7:47 am
#3
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 227
Also, is there a FlyerTalk notification for those buckets?
Thanks!