Consolidated "Can I Upgrade an Award Ticket?" Discussion Thread [Merged]
Jul 10, 2007, 1:25 pm
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Jul 10, 2007, 1:25 pm
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ORD-HNL Saver in Y: 35K miles
ORD-HNL Saver in 2-cabin F: 75K miles
versus, say, ORD-HNL in F for 35K miles plus 2 CR-1s, or 35K miles plus a bunch of e500s? To me those sound significantly better than effectively blowing an extra 40K miles for a 2-cabin F upgrade (admittedly a better-than-usual 2-cabin F).
And that's not to mention the times that, to use your example above, HKG is available for Saver awards in C ... and available for upgrades from C to F ... but doesn't have any Saver F awards available. In any of these cases, this new benefit would be very handy.
Jul 10, 2007, 1:29 pm
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I think the real value of this benefit is that NF & NC are usually a lot easier to find that XF & XC respectively, so you can book an award in the lower class, and user miles or other instruments to book your "award" into NF/NC. ^
Jul 10, 2007, 1:30 pm
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No firsthand experience, but based on a lot of the postings here it seems like there aren't all that many saver C seats to Asia at all, but saver Y does seem possible. It'd be a great deal to pick up Y seats and upgrade to C with SWUs wouldn't it?
Jul 10, 2007, 1:31 pm
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I would imagine the system is set to credit MP account with mileage in the NC/NF buckets, so I'm curious how this works.
Jul 10, 2007, 1:42 pm
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Jul 10, 2007, 1:54 pm
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argh availability issue...
My observation is that it's often easier to get saver F than saver C to HKG...
Jul 10, 2007, 2:12 pm
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I'd be very surprised if they weren't booked in NC/NF.
Jul 10, 2007, 2:32 pm
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Perhaps the OP can clarify?
Another question: What about if you're NOT upgrading via the UGS line, i.e. you're upgrading at the airport? Will those agents know that a UGS can upgade XY/XC tickets? The email from UGS just said "...by calling your Global Services representative."
Another question: What about if you're NOT upgrading via the UGS line, i.e. you're upgrading at the airport? Will those agents know that a UGS can upgade XY/XC tickets? The email from UGS just said "...by calling your Global Services representative."
Jul 10, 2007, 2:34 pm
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Perhaps the OP can clarify?
Another question: What about if you're NOT upgrading via the UGS line, i.e. you're upgrading at the airport? Will those agents know that a UGS can upgade XY/XC tickets? The email from UGS just said "...by calling your Global Services representative."
Another question: What about if you're NOT upgrading via the UGS line, i.e. you're upgrading at the airport? Will those agents know that a UGS can upgade XY/XC tickets? The email from UGS just said "...by calling your Global Services representative."
Jul 10, 2007, 2:43 pm
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Jul 10, 2007, 10:43 pm
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Received an e-mail about re-qualifying for UGS, and it had a little blurb at the end:
"as well as our new policy allowing you to upgrade from an award seat when calling Global Services."
I called UGS and asked them if this was the case and they said yes it was. I was able to upgrade from a Business Class award ticket to Hong Kong to First both ways using Systemwides. Did anyone know this?
UG
"as well as our new policy allowing you to upgrade from an award seat when calling Global Services."
I called UGS and asked them if this was the case and they said yes it was. I was able to upgrade from a Business Class award ticket to Hong Kong to First both ways using Systemwides. Did anyone know this?
UG
Jul 10, 2007, 10:47 pm
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