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Is it EVER possible to upgrade from PE to UC using miles if I have a lowly K ticket? I know I can't just call up, but I was wondering about at check-in or something. Or if not, is it possible to change my ticket to an upgradable fare?

Yup - you can pay the difference to an S, and then use miles.

They USED to allow it "on the day", but I think they've started to clamp down on "illegal upgrades" of late.


PS - Welcome to the site [y]

Welcome to V-Flyer!

As preiffer said, it is possible. I've done the equivelant of the suggested by paying a fare difference to a Economy upgradable fare, then using miles to upgrade to W.

For what it's worth, I phoned up about a month before I was going to travel to do mine... not sure if you can do it day of departure or not... I suppose if you wanted to secure availability you should do it early.

Thanks [y]. I attempted but the upgrades are all gone for my November flight. Drat...I know for next time though and appreciate the lightening quick response.

you could try at the airport on the day of travel

Originally posted by rcslt
you could try at the airport on the day of travel

It never hurts to ask [y]

We tried to upgrade family "on the day" and indeed they have clamped down a lot. We were offered the pay the difference, but not allowed the K to J

Dean

We have used miles from mco k - j only at airport tho.

Have rarely had a problem upgrading to J from K with miles, until my last trip, when they made me pay £126 to upgrade to W (I think) first. Then I could upgrade - maybe they are clamping down. I don't know if I was lucky in the past - I think there used to be a policy of allowing this on the day of travel if there was space. Maybe that has changed?

I always do my upgrades at the airport, and had very friendly service in doing so. Just be polite and ask nicely - it goes a long way. From my experience - if you intend to do an upgrade like this, don't do a DIY check in to your allocated/chosen PE seat. It may mean you need to be offloaded from the flight then re-booked before they can upgrade you. That can take a while! And the earlier you get to the airport, the more likely you will be to find a UC seat available for upgrade (and the longer you can spend in the Clubhouse ).

Andrew

Tried to upgrade from K to G using miles yesterday assumuing I could pay the difference to an upgradable fare class then use miles. Flight was overbooked...fine.

Board in PE and sit down. A ground agent starts to upgrade people in PE saying "Mr. Smith your seat has been changed to 8G" so I assume it was an op-up. Needless to say I did not get called and was sorta mad as I checked again in the CH about the upgrade and the helpful staff put a note in my record saying I wanted to upgrade if avail. There were only 45 people in UC according to the galley sheet...

Never give up hope even if you do nothing. My husband, daughter & I were travelling on K class tickets to Miami & all 3 of us were upgraded at check-in to UC & all 3 of us were red members then. I didn't ask, I didn't expect it but, I have to admit that we were obviously very lucky & thoroughly enjoyed it.