Advice on whether to upgrade from PE TO UC

Hi
I hope someone can advise and help
I am currently a gold VA memeber got 100000 miles in my account
I am planning to go to india in March First del and then leave from mumbai
I thought of going PE price around 569 but then thought why not go UC for 1300
however i was wantin advice if i get the PE ticket can i use some of my miles to get an upgrade to UC either one way or both waysor would it be better just to get the full ticket
Can someone advise nee d to book tickets soonthanks

[buns]

Hi amitav

Looking at the prices you quoting, it does seem as though you have the discounted fares (K in PE and Z in UC).

If this is the case, you would have to pay to upgrade your PE ticket to an S or W before you could use your miles - this might be more expensive that grabbing the Z while it is still available.

Just my 2 cents worth

buns

Haven't checked the prices ex-UK, but if it's really 1300 for UC, you can expect the upgradeable PE fare to be around 800/850 usually, maybe a bit more, so like buns says it's not a much bigger layout to buy the UC sale fare. You can certainly use miles to upgrade a PE S/W fare, subject to availability. Availability varies, but seats often show up close to departure date, even if not available now. You will get 'proper' PE mileage credited, not the new K PE mileage rate, and you can also reserve a limo with miles if you have an upgraded UC fare (but not if the UC fare is Z).

Usually, with a lot of miles in my account and not needing the tier points, I buy low and upgrade. But there's a lot of ways to look at this, of course.

Thanks for the help any one else with soem advice pleaseeeeee

[Neil]

Really you need to speak to FC and see what price an S fare would be so you can compare the difference between buying an UC seat outright or using an S and then 40k miles to upgrade.

You could of course blow your full 100k miles for a straight UC reward, if you are really looking to fly UC the cheapest possible way.

The options are there it is really a matter of you deciding what suits your personal needs best.

Neil

Return in S class (lowest upgradable PE) for those two flights is GBP722
Return in L class (lowest upgradable Y) is GBP 592

Ed

ETA correcting bad gramma!