Hello just looking for some help/opinion please.
We are looking at travelling LHR - SFO in March 2024. I have two credit card upgrade vouchers on my flying club account.
I wanted to book 2 PE cash fares and use vouchers to upgrade ( there is availability both ways.
Initially after checking availability, the agent said the total fares for 2 UC fares would be around £998 each.
I then I may have confused the issue by asking if my travel partner could use her 60k points to reduce her PE fare. I think I remember Mitcha saying he did that a while back.
I know it’s not a good use of her miles/points but this maybe our last long haul flight so really no point in keeping them. I thought 60k would reduce her PE fare by £330. Umm seems not.
The agent came back saying the total UC fares would be £2880.
She had put one fare as a PE cash + 65k points (using 6k of my points) and the other fare (mine) as a cash PE. Then using the vouchers to upgrade.
Fares are on hold with two PNR’s
I think I’ve covered my query but as I was expecting to pay around £2k or even less if I could use my partners points for the fares, I was a bit shocked!
I would really appreciate any thoughts or even other ways of effectively using the vouchers.
Many thanks
We are looking at travelling LHR - SFO in March 2024. I have two credit card upgrade vouchers on my flying club account.
I wanted to book 2 PE cash fares and use vouchers to upgrade ( there is availability both ways.
Initially after checking availability, the agent said the total fares for 2 UC fares would be around £998 each.
I then I may have confused the issue by asking if my travel partner could use her 60k points to reduce her PE fare. I think I remember Mitcha saying he did that a while back.
I know it’s not a good use of her miles/points but this maybe our last long haul flight so really no point in keeping them. I thought 60k would reduce her PE fare by £330. Umm seems not.
The agent came back saying the total UC fares would be £2880.
She had put one fare as a PE cash + 65k points (using 6k of my points) and the other fare (mine) as a cash PE. Then using the vouchers to upgrade.
Fares are on hold with two PNR’s
I think I’ve covered my query but as I was expecting to pay around £2k or even less if I could use my partners points for the fares, I was a bit shocked!
I would really appreciate any thoughts or even other ways of effectively using the vouchers.
Many thanks