Jeff801

Most colleges have an earlier spring break than Mid-April, but April 12 is Easter Sunday and many eastern US public school systems have that week off.

I think your conclusion about the holiday travel preventing your upgrade probably is correct.

mrwunrfl

I'll eat the beef so that there is plenty of leather for bags and boots.

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mrwunrfl

oops, wrong thread!

Robertalee

LyndaS, I have just been on the phone with a supervisor from British Airways and he informs me that it would cost $3000+ per person to upgrade from WT+ to Business.(We have thought we would try upgrading with money since upgrading with miles wasn't working, and probably won't be.) On this past Thurs. night, I spoke with a person at BA and was told the total cost would be $700. (Should have taken it.) I cannot imagine in my wildest dreams how something could increase in price from $700 to $300+ in 4 days. Ever heard of such a thing?

Robertalee

Sorry, my last quote should have been $3000+, not $300!

Gardyloo

Not knowing the particulars, I suspect the "$700" person was in error, and you would have found out it was so when you'd have tried to pay for the upgrade. The price break between WT+ and Club World is indeed often horrendous.

That said, if WT+ is full and business relatively empty, BA have been known to sell upgrades for cash at the check-in counter. I've seen WT- to WT+ go for US$300-$400 per person (one way) and WT+ to Club World for $400-$500, so if you're prepared to go that route, all may not be lost. You won't know until day of flight, however.

rkkwan

$700 means they're selling a last-minute "upgrade". $3,000 means you're basically buying up from a E+ fare to a full or close-to-full J fare.

Not hard to imagine, if BA feels they may have a chance to sell those J seats at full fare in last minute, or if they only have a few seats available for last minute upgrade and somebody else already took it.

Robertalee

The case of the upgrade from MIA to LHR has ended! Last evening I was given the price of $1743 per person to upgrade, and this compared to $3000+ per person sounded okay to me. Thanks to you all for your interest, and for your postings!

yk

<u>Gardyloo</u> - Just to make sure I understand what you wrote earlier regarding selecting seats on BA flights:

I have PLT on AA, and just put a FF ticket on hold flying AA then connecting BA. If I want to select seats on the BA flights, I need to call AA back to get my "BA record locator" and then I can log on into my BA Executive Club account to select my seats online even though I have no status on the BA club?

yk

Nevermind, I figured it out! I went to ba.com and click on MMB (manage my booking); clicked on the link that says "if booked other than via BA", then entered my AA PNR and flight # etc, and voila I can choose my seats!