Using SWU on flight segments of different Class
Mar 5, 2009 | 12:16 pm
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Using SWU on flight segments of different Class
I am looking at a flight SFO-IAD in M and IAD-AMS in D. Can I apply a SWU to this entire trip and move into business for SFO-IAD and first for IAD-AMS? I have never tried to upgrade a trip that has different classes of service for segments.
Mar 5, 2009 | 12:19 pm
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Is it on the same PNR? If yes, I don't see why this would be an issue.
Mar 5, 2009 | 1:10 pm
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I don't have any anecdotal experience with such a situation, but I am inclined to believe that United's IT could not handle using a single SWU on such a combination.
Mar 5, 2009 | 1:11 pm
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Mar 5, 2009 | 1:16 pm
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Here is our experience. On a recent ORD-IAD-LHR trip, Mr. R used a SWU and was placed in F for the ORD-IAD leg and in C for the IAD-LHR leg.
Of course, there was no C class in the ORD-IAD leg.
Is that what you are asking about?
Of course, there was no C class in the ORD-IAD leg.
Is that what you are asking about?
Mar 5, 2009 | 1:29 pm
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or something like that.
Mar 5, 2009 | 2:08 pm
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Yup, this is the situation. I am going to have my agent go ahead and ticket, then I will report back. Since it is refundable (M and D fares), if there is a big problem I can find another routing.
Mar 5, 2009 | 2:13 pm
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How much more is it to book it all in D? If you did that you'd remove the fare split (SFO-IAD + IAD-AMS), so it may only be marginally more. But you'd have to check.
Mar 5, 2009 | 2:13 pm
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Or even less....
Last edited by iluv2fly; Mar 5, 2009 at 2:16 pm Reason: merge