Can I upgrade with this amount of miles

Hi,

I am flying to las vegas on an X ticket (2nd Sept) I have 11600 miles is it possible for me to upgrade to premium and will there be any extra costs involved?

Any info would be great!

[preiffer]

Well, you have enough miles for a one way economy > premium upgrade (10k miles), BUT unfortunately, you don't have an upgradeable ticket type.

An X fare is too heavily discounted - you need either a Y, B or L ticket to be able to use miles.

Personally, I'd call FC to see how much it'll cost to switch to an L fare from yours. I have a feeling, however, that it'll either not be possible or cost in the region of £200. (And then you'll have to use your miles on top of that for your one-way PE)

I just gave them a call its only £125 difference I would have to pay to get an upgradeable ticket, however there is a £100 penalty for changing the ticket type (not too impressed about that!)

I shall have a think about it, if there was a way of getting round the penalty charge I would go for it!

Thanks for the info!

[mcmbenjamin]

I was corrected

[preiffer]

Flying TO Las Vegas, Ben - that (US) rule only applies to Ex-USA fares.

(The US terms and conditions on upgrading are different to the UK ones)

UK-Originating Upgradeable fares are: Y/B/L/S/W. (+ M in some cases)

[ChuckC]

Originally posted by juulz2001
I just gave them a call its only £125 difference I would have to pay to get an upgradeable ticket, however there is a £100 penalty for changing the ticket type (not too impressed about that!)

I shall have a think about it, if there was a way of getting round the penalty charge I would go for it!

Thanks for the info!

Totally understand your frustration, Juulz. Have been there myself. [:(]

Unfortunately VS is merely doing what many/most other carriers do to help them better manage their seat and fare bucket inventory, i.e., charge a penalty to those who change their plans. The alternative, of course, is to buy tickets without change/x-cel penalties, but the only reason to do that IMHO would be if you were unsure of the date/routing or if you never planned to fly that carrier again or, perhaps you were wanting to participate in a "full fare, 2 for 1" ticket program.

Chuck-

Thanks for all your comments!

Think I will stick with economy this time, save my miles for another trip (any excuse to book another flight!)

[mcmbenjamin]

Thanks Paul