Upgrading UA codeshare on non UA a/c
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Upgrading UA codeshare on non UA a/c
I travel in Europe as part of itineraries usually involving a rtw ticket or travelling both ways via the USA.
Often the flight continuing on from FRA or LHR has a UA number but is a codeshare on a non UA aircraft.
Is it possible to upgrade these sectors? Unofficially I have been able to do it twice on the day of travel if i have already had the incoming flight upgraded with miles or a SWU.
I remember reading here somewhere that upgrades may be accessed on the day of travel only but can find nothing official .
The signifigance to me is that,if upgrading is possible , then it would be worthwhile insisting that the continuing segments on say UA or BMI are booked with a UA flight number if feasible.
Does it matter ? Not all onward connections in Europe are the usual "business is virtually the same features as economy" -eg United Airlines 9106 is a LH a/c doing FRA-Cairo . So an upgrade would have its advantages.
Ozflier
Often the flight continuing on from FRA or LHR has a UA number but is a codeshare on a non UA aircraft.
Is it possible to upgrade these sectors? Unofficially I have been able to do it twice on the day of travel if i have already had the incoming flight upgraded with miles or a SWU.
I remember reading here somewhere that upgrades may be accessed on the day of travel only but can find nothing official .
The signifigance to me is that,if upgrading is possible , then it would be worthwhile insisting that the continuing segments on say UA or BMI are booked with a UA flight number if feasible.
Does it matter ? Not all onward connections in Europe are the usual "business is virtually the same features as economy" -eg United Airlines 9106 is a LH a/c doing FRA-Cairo . So an upgrade would have its advantages.
Ozflier
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Originally Posted by ozflier
I travel in Europe as part of itineraries usually involving a rtw ticket or travelling both ways via the USA.
Often the flight continuing on from FRA or LHR has a UA number but is a codeshare on a non UA aircraft.
Is it possible to upgrade these sectors? Unofficially I have been able to do it twice on the day of travel if i have already had the incoming flight upgraded with miles or a SWU.
I remember reading here somewhere that upgrades may be accessed on the day of travel only but can find nothing official .
The signifigance to me is that,if upgrading is possible , then it would be worthwhile insisting that the continuing segments on say UA or BMI are booked with a UA flight number if feasible.
Does it matter ? Not all onward connections in Europe are the usual "business is virtually the same features as economy" -eg United Airlines 9106 is a LH a/c doing FRA-Cairo . So an upgrade would have its advantages.
Ozflier
Often the flight continuing on from FRA or LHR has a UA number but is a codeshare on a non UA aircraft.
Is it possible to upgrade these sectors? Unofficially I have been able to do it twice on the day of travel if i have already had the incoming flight upgraded with miles or a SWU.
I remember reading here somewhere that upgrades may be accessed on the day of travel only but can find nothing official .
The signifigance to me is that,if upgrading is possible , then it would be worthwhile insisting that the continuing segments on say UA or BMI are booked with a UA flight number if feasible.
Does it matter ? Not all onward connections in Europe are the usual "business is virtually the same features as economy" -eg United Airlines 9106 is a LH a/c doing FRA-Cairo . So an upgrade would have its advantages.
Ozflier
The standard line has always been that there is no way to upgrade a LH flight with a UA number ahead of day-of-flight. You can request a printed SWU that is valid on LH for a standby upgrade and this can be used on a LH flight (as reported by FTers, but not necessarily LH and UA policy). A post by Weero in the linked thread seems to indicate that there is actually a way to use miles.
Last edited by tods27; Jun 5, 2005 at 10:25 am