May 10, 2017, 11:29 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
Upgrading on flights operated by ANA
Each NH/ANA segment requires an unique GPU. A a single GPU can not be used for two ANA segment nor for a connecting UA segment
Summary of Practical Advice from this thread:
* If you have bought a ticket from United (e.g., cause you want PQDs), you likely have UA codeshares of NH-operated flights. However, only NH-ticketed flights can have upgrades requested. When you have these flights, you need to call United (e.g., the 1K desk) and tell them you want to use GPUs on this itinerary. What they will do is modify your ticket so that the codeshares are replaced with the native flight numbers. This takes 10-15 minutes. You will still need to separately request the upgrades using the United GPU request form (link below) for LH/ANA flights.
* The web form will ask for information from your ticket. You will need to enter the NH flight numbers. Also it will ask for your confirmation code and can use the United-issued confirmation code (not the NH confirmation code)
* You should be able to verify in advance whether the upgrade is going to clear based on NH inventory. I class is for Y->J upgrades and O class is for J->F. These are also the business and first 'saver' award buckets, and can be estimated by doing phantom bookings of award travel for the same flights. If saver awards are showing up the classes should be available.Expertflyer and other sites can also show the availability.
* The T&Cs suggest that you cannot request upgrades until 8 weeks before the flight, but various flyertalkers have confirmed upgrades beyond the 8 week window.
* If your upgrade is not confirmed, you can keep trying before the flight. Waitlisting is now an option (for NH/ANA)
* There seems to be mixed opinion on whether O and I class inventory is put back into the system as the flight gets closer, but several have reported finding inventory show up 2-3 weeks before the flight.
* Fare mapping from ANA to UA:
J/C/D/Y/B = J/C/D/Y/B
G/E = O/A
Below are various T&Cs from United relevant to the applicability of fares, etc, copied from the website.
Acrhive: Using PlusPoints on NH / ANA {Archive}
PlusPoints can be used on flights operated by All Nippon Airways (ANA) for one-segment, one-cabin upgrades on any multi-cabin international flight operated by ANA and marketed by ANA or United. Upgrades are subject to availability and valid for paid, published fares only. The following ANA fare classes are eligible for PlusPoints upgrades: B, C, D, E, G, J, M, U, Y and Z. PlusPoints cant be used to upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy on ANA-operated flights. Please see the terms and conditions below for specific eligibility rules.
The PlusPoints upgrade system with NH/LH appears to be a slightly modified version of the star alliance upgrade award system (using PP instead of miles obviously). Given Z is a valid booking code on NH for a SAUA, not really surprising if there was an oversight in adapting the system to work for PlusPoints upgrades and someone forgot to either add Z-fare being allowed in the official T&C, or forgot to take Z-fares out when the upgrade request system validates the booking code.
Each NH/ANA segment requires an unique GPU. A a single GPU can not be used for two ANA segment nor for a connecting UA segment
Summary of Practical Advice from this thread:
* If you have bought a ticket from United (e.g., cause you want PQDs), you likely have UA codeshares of NH-operated flights. However, only NH-ticketed flights can have upgrades requested. When you have these flights, you need to call United (e.g., the 1K desk) and tell them you want to use GPUs on this itinerary. What they will do is modify your ticket so that the codeshares are replaced with the native flight numbers. This takes 10-15 minutes. You will still need to separately request the upgrades using the United GPU request form (link below) for LH/ANA flights.
* The web form will ask for information from your ticket. You will need to enter the NH flight numbers. Also it will ask for your confirmation code and can use the United-issued confirmation code (not the NH confirmation code)
* You should be able to verify in advance whether the upgrade is going to clear based on NH inventory. I class is for Y->J upgrades and O class is for J->F. These are also the business and first 'saver' award buckets, and can be estimated by doing phantom bookings of award travel for the same flights. If saver awards are showing up the classes should be available.
* The T&Cs suggest that you cannot request upgrades until 8 weeks before the flight, but various flyertalkers have confirmed upgrades beyond the 8 week window.
* If your upgrade is not confirmed, you can keep trying before the flight. Waitlisting is now an option (for NH/ANA)
* There seems to be mixed opinion on whether O and I class inventory is put back into the system as the flight gets closer, but several have reported finding inventory show up 2-3 weeks before the flight.
* Fare mapping from ANA to UA:
J/C/D/Y/B = J/C/D/Y/B
G/E = O/A
Below are various T&Cs from United relevant to the applicability of fares, etc, copied from the website.
updated May 2023
- Upgrades are valid only on ANA.
- Requests for upgrades can be made after you have purchased your ticket. Upgrades can be requested until 24 hours prior to departure. Your MileagePlus account number and password are required to complete the request.
- PlusPoints upgrades may not be requested when you travel on industry discount, agency discount, deeply discounted promotional tickets, award tickets using miles, or tickets purchased on websites where you dont know the exact flight itinerary or airline until after youve paid for the ticket.
- ANA may impose blackout periods where upgrades are not permitted.
- You may request PlusPoints upgrades for up to four people traveling on the same reservation. The amount of PlusPoints required is listed per passenger for each itinerary and deducted at time of request; to upgrade additional people, youll need to use additional PlusPoints. (If the reservation has more than four travelers, you will need to call the operating carrier.) You do not need to be traveling with the passengers to request the upgrades and you can request upgrades for travelers with a different last name than yours.
- While you can only request upgrades for one segment at a time, you may upgrade more than one eligible segment on the itinerary.
- Double upgrades from Economy to First are not permitted on three-cabin aircraft.
- Standby is not permitted, but waitlisting is permitted. Waitlisting is now an option (for NH/ANA)
- An upgrade may be confirmed within eight weeks of departure, if a seat is available.
- Mileage accrual is based on the original ticketed booking class, not the upgraded class of service.
- Requests for seat assignments, special meals and amenities should be made directly with the operating carrier.
- If you wish to make changes or cancel your PlusPoints upgrade request, please contact ANA.
- If an ANA segment of your itinerary is canceled, the upgrade request for that segment will also be automatically canceled. Your PlusPoints will be automatically redeposited 24 to 48 hours after the cancellation.
- PlusPoints upgrades are not available through general selling agents.
How to request
Once the ticket has been issued, requests can be made online through the Global Premier Upgrade on ANA or Lufthansa request page. You can make upgrade requests for ANA-operated flights beginning eight weeks before departure until up to 24 hours before departure. You can make upgrade requests for Lufthansa-operated flights beginning 331 days before departure until up to 10 hours before departure.
You may request Global Premier Upgrades for up to four people traveling on the same reservation. You will need one Global Premier Upgrade for each traveler. (If the reservation has more than four travelers, you will need to call ANA or Lufthansa.) You do not need to be traveling with the passengers to request the upgrades and you can request upgrades for travelers with a different last name than yours. While you can only request upgrades for one segment at a time, you may upgrade more than one eligible segment on the itinerary.
If upgrade space is available at the time of the request and the requester chooses to confirm the upgrade, United will automatically deduct Global Premier Upgrades from the requester's MileagePlus account.
How to request for codeshare flights
If you are traveling on an ANA- or Lufthansa-operated codeshare flight with a United flight number, upgrades may be available and can be requested by calling 1-800-UNITED-1 (1-800-864-8331) within the U.S. and Canada, elsewhere call your local United Customer Contact Center.
Once the ticket has been issued, requests can be made online through the Global Premier Upgrade on ANA or Lufthansa request page. You can make upgrade requests for ANA-operated flights beginning eight weeks before departure until up to 24 hours before departure. You can make upgrade requests for Lufthansa-operated flights beginning 331 days before departure until up to 10 hours before departure.
You may request Global Premier Upgrades for up to four people traveling on the same reservation. You will need one Global Premier Upgrade for each traveler. (If the reservation has more than four travelers, you will need to call ANA or Lufthansa.) You do not need to be traveling with the passengers to request the upgrades and you can request upgrades for travelers with a different last name than yours. While you can only request upgrades for one segment at a time, you may upgrade more than one eligible segment on the itinerary.
If upgrade space is available at the time of the request and the requester chooses to confirm the upgrade, United will automatically deduct Global Premier Upgrades from the requester's MileagePlus account.
How to request for codeshare flights
If you are traveling on an ANA- or Lufthansa-operated codeshare flight with a United flight number, upgrades may be available and can be requested by calling 1-800-UNITED-1 (1-800-864-8331) within the U.S. and Canada, elsewhere call your local United Customer Contact Center.
Using PlusPoints on NH / ANA
Jul 20, 2023 | 7:38 am
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Ok, I am confused here. If I book Premium Economy on ANA via United.com then the fare class I see is "A". Unfortunately Fare Class "A" not listed in the below messaging on United.com. But it says "ANA fare classes"....so are those fare classes different then what's on my United.com reservation? Just trying to figure out if United "A" fare class might correspond to one of the below "ANA fare classes"
"The following ANA fare classes are eligible for PlusPoints upgrades: B, C, D, E, G, J, M, U and Y. PlusPoints can’t be used to upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy on ANA-operated flights."
"The following ANA fare classes are eligible for PlusPoints upgrades: B, C, D, E, G, J, M, U and Y. PlusPoints can’t be used to upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy on ANA-operated flights."
Jul 20, 2023 | 7:56 am
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Ok, I am confused here. If I book Premium Economy on ANA via United.com then the fare class I see is "A". Unfortunately Fare Class "A" not listed in the below messaging on United.com. But it says "ANA fare classes"....so are those fare classes different then what's on my United.com reservation? Just trying to figure out if United "A" fare class might correspond to one of the below "ANA fare classes"
"The following ANA fare classes are eligible for PlusPoints upgrades: B, C, D, E, G, J, M, U and Y. PlusPoints cant be used to upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy on ANA-operated flights."
"The following ANA fare classes are eligible for PlusPoints upgrades: B, C, D, E, G, J, M, U and Y. PlusPoints cant be used to upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy on ANA-operated flights."
Jul 20, 2023 | 12:39 pm
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Its buried in the fare rules
Generally for *A carriers using G/E/N Premium Economy fare structure map 1-to1 to UA's O/A/R
Having an UA A premium economy fare for a NH flight, means you have a codeshare that needs to be convert (as soon as possible) to NH flight number.
Generally for *A carriers using G/E/N Premium Economy fare structure map 1-to1 to UA's O/A/R
Having an UA A premium economy fare for a NH flight, means you have a codeshare that needs to be convert (as soon as possible) to NH flight number.
Jul 20, 2023 | 1:25 pm
#140
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YCA full fare upgrade
Here is the relavant term and condition for ANA-operated fight for Pluspoints upgrade:
"PlusPoints upgrades may not be requested when you travel on industry discount, agency discount, deeply discounted promotional tickets, award tickets using miles, or tickets purchased on websites where you dont know the exact flight itinerary or airline until after youve paid for the ticket."
Is full-fare (Y) government ticket eligible for Pluspoints upgrade? This is HND-SIN ANA flight, not ANA's Air Japan. A 1K agent and her supervisor said that government fare was not eligible this morning. This is explicitly stated in LH's terms and conditions, but not on ANA's counterpart, https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...Lufthansa.html
What is your take?
Thanks.
"PlusPoints upgrades may not be requested when you travel on industry discount, agency discount, deeply discounted promotional tickets, award tickets using miles, or tickets purchased on websites where you dont know the exact flight itinerary or airline until after youve paid for the ticket."
Is full-fare (Y) government ticket eligible for Pluspoints upgrade? This is HND-SIN ANA flight, not ANA's Air Japan. A 1K agent and her supervisor said that government fare was not eligible this morning. This is explicitly stated in LH's terms and conditions, but not on ANA's counterpart, https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...Lufthansa.html
What is your take?
Thanks.
Jul 20, 2023 | 2:10 pm
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Here is the relavant term and condition for ANA-operated fight for Pluspoints upgrade:
"PlusPoints upgrades may not be requested when you travel on industry discount, agency discount, deeply discounted promotional tickets, award tickets using miles, or tickets purchased on websites where you dont know the exact flight itinerary or airline until after youve paid for the ticket."
Is full-fare (Y) government ticket eligible for Pluspoints upgrade? This is HND-SIN ANA flight, not ANA's Air Japan. A 1K agent and her supervisor said that government fare was not eligible this morning. This is explicitly stated in LH's terms and conditions, but not on ANA's counterpart, https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...Lufthansa.html
What is your take?
Thanks.
"PlusPoints upgrades may not be requested when you travel on industry discount, agency discount, deeply discounted promotional tickets, award tickets using miles, or tickets purchased on websites where you dont know the exact flight itinerary or airline until after youve paid for the ticket."
Is full-fare (Y) government ticket eligible for Pluspoints upgrade? This is HND-SIN ANA flight, not ANA's Air Japan. A 1K agent and her supervisor said that government fare was not eligible this morning. This is explicitly stated in LH's terms and conditions, but not on ANA's counterpart, https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...Lufthansa.html
What is your take?
Thanks.
Jul 20, 2023 | 3:07 pm
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Update: I booked my trip on UA. (ORD-SFO-HND-SGN, HKG-SFO-ORD in January. I called the 1K line who spent an hour changing the HND-SGN flight to a native ANA flight# so I could apply PP. I used the link on United.com and applied 40 PP for the upgrade to Business which cleared immediately. Sweet!
However two other issues popped up:
1. I had PP applied on the SFO-HND (UA metal) and also HKG-SFO (UA metal) both waitlisted before they tinkered with re-issuing the ticket. But now my account shows that I am not waitlisted on either flight and I cannot add them back. Calling 1K again, they swear I am waitlisted even though it doesn't show it on my account as being waitlisted anymore. Is this a known technical glitch??
2. The PQP totals dropped by about $700 after I used PP on ANA.. I am not sure if that's accurate because maybe I am now earning lower PQP on a ANA partner airline method, or if the totals are all just really janky.
However two other issues popped up:
1. I had PP applied on the SFO-HND (UA metal) and also HKG-SFO (UA metal) both waitlisted before they tinkered with re-issuing the ticket. But now my account shows that I am not waitlisted on either flight and I cannot add them back. Calling 1K again, they swear I am waitlisted even though it doesn't show it on my account as being waitlisted anymore. Is this a known technical glitch??
2. The PQP totals dropped by about $700 after I used PP on ANA.. I am not sure if that's accurate because maybe I am now earning lower PQP on a ANA partner airline method, or if the totals are all just really janky.
Last edited by Winkdaddy; Jul 22, 2023 at 9:04 am Reason: Update
Jul 24, 2023 | 10:02 pm
#143
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Auto cancel of upgrade
My wife has a ANA stock ticket in E class with no codeshares. DEL-HND-ORD open jaw SFO-HND-DEL.
She had used PP to upgrade the sector DEL-HND AND SFO-HND. The DEL-HND sector cleared few days back but now the upgrade has been auto cancelled. Called ANA and they asked to contact United as United did not confirm the upgrade in the system. Called United1K line and they cannot pull up the reservation in the system. United wants a mail from ANA that the upgrade is cancelled to credit the PP back.
The PP were used form my sons account and could this possibly be the reason that the upgrade was auto cancelled. ( I am on the same flight and used PP from my account and there is no problem with my upgrade )
Need advice
1. how to have the PP credited back to my sons account
2. how to get my wife waitlisted again for DEL-HND. Should we sort out credit of the previous PP or just apply additional PP for now as we fly out in 8 days
3. she is waitlisted for SFO-HND sector. If this clears should we be doing something to avoid auto cancellation of the upgrade as has happened on the DEL- HND sector.
She had used PP to upgrade the sector DEL-HND AND SFO-HND. The DEL-HND sector cleared few days back but now the upgrade has been auto cancelled. Called ANA and they asked to contact United as United did not confirm the upgrade in the system. Called United1K line and they cannot pull up the reservation in the system. United wants a mail from ANA that the upgrade is cancelled to credit the PP back.
The PP were used form my sons account and could this possibly be the reason that the upgrade was auto cancelled. ( I am on the same flight and used PP from my account and there is no problem with my upgrade )
Need advice
1. how to have the PP credited back to my sons account
2. how to get my wife waitlisted again for DEL-HND. Should we sort out credit of the previous PP or just apply additional PP for now as we fly out in 8 days
3. she is waitlisted for SFO-HND sector. If this clears should we be doing something to avoid auto cancellation of the upgrade as has happened on the DEL- HND sector.
Jul 25, 2023 | 5:43 am
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Update: I booked my trip on UA. (ORD-SFO-HND-SGN, HKG-SFO-ORD in January. I called the 1K line who spent an hour changing the HND-SGN flight to a native ANA flight# so I could apply PP. I used the link on United.com and applied 40 PP for the upgrade to Business which cleared immediately. Sweet!
However two other issues popped up:
1. I had PP applied on the SFO-HND (UA metal) and also HKG-SFO (UA metal) both waitlisted before they tinkered with re-issuing the ticket. But now my account shows that I am not waitlisted on either flight and I cannot add them back. Calling 1K again, they swear I am waitlisted even though it doesn't show it on my account as being waitlisted anymore. Is this a known technical glitch??
2. The PQP totals dropped by about $700 after I used PP on ANA.. I am not sure if that's accurate because maybe I am now earning lower PQP on a ANA partner airline method, or if the totals are all just really janky.
However two other issues popped up:
1. I had PP applied on the SFO-HND (UA metal) and also HKG-SFO (UA metal) both waitlisted before they tinkered with re-issuing the ticket. But now my account shows that I am not waitlisted on either flight and I cannot add them back. Calling 1K again, they swear I am waitlisted even though it doesn't show it on my account as being waitlisted anymore. Is this a known technical glitch??
2. The PQP totals dropped by about $700 after I used PP on ANA.. I am not sure if that's accurate because maybe I am now earning lower PQP on a ANA partner airline method, or if the totals are all just really janky.
2) That is irrelevant. It will credit most likely correctly. UAs system is not clever enough to look at the underlying ticket and since the reservation now reads 'I-class' it thinks it earns nothing. Will credit correctly.
My wife has a ANA stock ticket in E class with no codeshares. DEL-HND-ORD open jaw SFO-HND-DEL.
She had used PP to upgrade the sector DEL-HND AND SFO-HND. The DEL-HND sector cleared few days back but now the upgrade has been auto cancelled. Called ANA and they asked to contact United as United did not confirm the upgrade in the system. Called United1K line and they cannot pull up the reservation in the system. United wants a mail from ANA that the upgrade is cancelled to credit the PP back.
The PP were used form my son’s account and could this possibly be the reason that the upgrade was auto cancelled. ( I am on the same flight and used PP from my account and there is no problem with my upgrade )
Need advice
1. how to have the PP credited back to my son’s account
2. how to get my wife waitlisted again for DEL-HND. Should we sort out credit of the previous PP or just apply additional PP for now as we fly out in 8 days
3. she is waitlisted for SFO-HND sector. If this clears should we be doing something to avoid auto cancellation of the upgrade as has happened on the DEL- HND sector.
She had used PP to upgrade the sector DEL-HND AND SFO-HND. The DEL-HND sector cleared few days back but now the upgrade has been auto cancelled. Called ANA and they asked to contact United as United did not confirm the upgrade in the system. Called United1K line and they cannot pull up the reservation in the system. United wants a mail from ANA that the upgrade is cancelled to credit the PP back.
The PP were used form my son’s account and could this possibly be the reason that the upgrade was auto cancelled. ( I am on the same flight and used PP from my account and there is no problem with my upgrade )
Need advice
1. how to have the PP credited back to my son’s account
2. how to get my wife waitlisted again for DEL-HND. Should we sort out credit of the previous PP or just apply additional PP for now as we fly out in 8 days
3. she is waitlisted for SFO-HND sector. If this clears should we be doing something to avoid auto cancellation of the upgrade as has happened on the DEL- HND sector.
1) UA needs to do that and yes, you might need to show that the cleared upgrade was cancelled somehow
2) Once +Ps are removed ... you can re-apply them. Applying them 'again' MIGHT work, but it might not
3) All of these upgrades need to be left alone. No calling, no re-issuing ... doesn't matter if united.com says to call or to re-issue the ticket
Jul 25, 2023 | 7:20 am
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Nobody called United as United has not issued the ticket nor are there any United operated segments. The travel agency that issued the ticket refused to do any changes for fear of the ticket getting messed up and them being held accountable.
I spoke to ANA today and they explained that the business class seat of my wife got auto cancelled since the passenger was holding 2 confirmed reservations on the same flight. My case is the same where my PNR shows I am confirmed in both PE and business. ANA has asked me to ask the travel agency to cancel my booking in PE. The agency has again refused to touch the ticket unless ANA asks them in writing to do so.
Confused now about what to do since don’t want my business class upgrades to auto cancel. Am confirmed on 2 sectors and waitlisted on balance 2 sectors all using PPs
I spoke to ANA today and they explained that the business class seat of my wife got auto cancelled since the passenger was holding 2 confirmed reservations on the same flight. My case is the same where my PNR shows I am confirmed in both PE and business. ANA has asked me to ask the travel agency to cancel my booking in PE. The agency has again refused to touch the ticket unless ANA asks them in writing to do so.
Confused now about what to do since don’t want my business class upgrades to auto cancel. Am confirmed on 2 sectors and waitlisted on balance 2 sectors all using PPs
Jul 25, 2023 | 11:21 am
#146
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Question about plus point upgrades on ANA
I'm planning to travel to Japan later this year, and can choose either United or ANA. For my possible travel dates, the airfares are comparable. I'd like to use some of my MANY plus points for this trip. Since ANA is one of the few partner airlines where I can do so, I'm wondering whether my chances of eventually getting an upgrade confirmed would be better if I buy the ticket from UA as a codeshare rather than buying the ticket from ANA. Or are the chances exactly the same?
Jul 25, 2023 | 11:39 am
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See here for details.
The chances should be the same, but the process is different (see below for codeshares).
Remember that only certain fare codes are available:
The chances should be the same, but the process is different (see below for codeshares).
Remember that only certain fare codes are available:
PlusPoints can be used on flights operated by All Nippon Airways (ANA) for one-segment, one-cabin upgrades on any multi-cabin international flight operated by ANA and marketed by ANA or United. Upgrades are subject to availability and valid for paid, published fares only. The following ANA fare classes are eligible for PlusPoints upgrades: B, C, D, E, G, J, M, U and Y. PlusPoints can’t be used to upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy on ANA-operated flights. Once your ticket has been issued, requests to upgrade with PlusPoints can be made through https://www.united.com/sso/en/us/sso...uage=en&POS=us You can make upgrade requests for ANA-operated flights beginning 365 days before departure until 24 hours before departure. If you are traveling on an ANA- or Lufthansa-operated codeshare flight with a United flight number, upgrades may be available and can be requested by calling 1-800-UNITED-1 (1-800-864-8331) within the U.S. and Canada, elsewhere call your local United Customer Contact Center.
Jul 25, 2023 | 12:19 pm
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I'm planning to travel to Japan later this year, and can choose either United or ANA. For my possible travel dates, the airfares are comparable. I'd like to use some of my MANY plus points for this trip. Since ANA is one of the few partner airlines where I can do so, I'm wondering whether my chances of eventually getting an upgrade confirmed would be better if I buy the ticket from UA as a codeshare rather than buying the ticket from ANA. Or are the chances exactly the same?
Aug 10, 2023 | 8:15 pm
#150
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Upgrade ANA from an R ticket
I see the list of classes that will allow me to upgrade an ANA ticket with Plus Points from Economy to Business, but I dont see that an "R" fare is valid, which confuses me because R is Premium Economy (ok, discounted) but surely that should be higher tier than Economy...
So is this correct? No upgrade from R?
Thanks, K.B.
So is this correct? No upgrade from R?
Thanks, K.B.