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Old Jan 27, 2019, 9:44 am
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Official award chart/documentation for Premium Plus?
Did anyone find official documentation for Premium Plus award fares and upgrades? The interactive chart has no mention of Premium Plus or R upgrades.


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Old Jan 27, 2019, 10:00 am
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No, I think it's the first step toward following Delta on "the award is whatever the system says it is at the time."
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 10:15 am
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Originally Posted by mduell
No, I think it's the first step toward following Delta on "the award is whatever the system says it is at the time."
I upgraded a flight to Asia for 30k and $450, but I have no idea if that's correct. The co-pay seems a little pricey.
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 11:27 am
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The same price as the upgrade to J?
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 11:34 am
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Originally Posted by mduell
The same price as the upgrade to J?
I'm asking in regard to upgrading to Polaris but it's true there is no chart for upgrading into R either.
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 11:47 am
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Ok that's confusing since your first post never mentioned Polaris.
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 11:52 am
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Originally Posted by mduell
Ok that's confusing since your first post never mentioned Polaris.
Either way, there is no mention of upgrades either into or from Premium Plus. Today I am interested in upgrading into Polaris but I have some other flights where I would be interested in upgrades into Premium Plus. The question still stands but it doesn't look like its officially documented.

I think I read something about an Economy into Polaris upgrade possibly clearing into Premium Plus, but again it isn't on the interactive award chart.
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 2:30 pm
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I can give you a real interesting example :

Tried to book an award flight for our children from PHX to MLE. The following came up

PHX-EWR ( UA Economy )
EWR-BOM ( UA Premium Eco )
BOM-MLE ( AI Economy )
150,000 miles

The same itinerary all in Economy 42,500 miles. No Bus Saver Award available. Bus Everyday Award at 180,000 miles ( all FC/Bus )

Personally I find this insulting. YMMW.
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 3:33 pm
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That's just comparing saver Y vs everyday PE.
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 3:52 pm
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Originally Posted by mduell
That's just comparing saver Y vs everyday PE.
That's what I tried to point out, that the difference between Y and PE is a whopping 107,500 miles, where PE is only one segment. Sort of an indication where UA is going with PE pricing on award bookings,
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 4:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Exleftseat
That's what I tried to point out, that the difference between Y and PE is a whopping 107,500 miles, where PE is only one segment. Sort of an indication where UA is going with PE pricing on award bookings,
The one segment in PE (or J, or F, or even needing an everyday award for Y) is the same price as PE for all segments.
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 4:57 pm
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Originally Posted by mduell
The one segment in PE (or J, or F, or even needing an everyday award for Y) is the same price as PE for all segments.
Fair enough
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Old Jan 27, 2019, 7:02 pm
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Originally Posted by mduell
The same price as the upgrade to J?
I think the J upgrade is 30k and $600
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Old Jan 28, 2019, 9:43 am
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Originally Posted by whitethunder
I think the J upgrade is 30k and $600
It looks like it depends on the routes, just as with other upgrades. I just processed an upgrade for EWR-BCN from R and it was 20k + $425. The one I did before for SFO-PEK was 30k + $450. Based on those 2 data points it looks to be the same as the "H,Q" upgrades.
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