China and Japan Discount Business Class Upgrades on United (Chase Points Partner) From All Over the U.S.
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How to Book
- Confirm that the flights/dates you want are available for the upgrade using miles by requesting upgrade award space on the “All search options” page.
- Click on the “Upgrade type” search in the middle of the page.
- Select the “Buy Economy and upgrade” option to search for upgrade space to Business Class from economy in the “Fare preferences” section, after you click on “Upgrade type.” See below:
- When your search results comes back, it will not only show fares and flight schedules, it will also show what flights offer an upgrade, and what the cost is.
- Click on “Details” to find out if the upgrade space is available.
- Select your flights, making sure that you are logged into your mileage account, and that you have the miles required in your account; then pay for your ticket.
This can all be done online. If you want to book over the phone, call 800-421-4655.
After you get a sense of “where good availability is” (perhaps using our survey), call American and confirm that the flights/dates you want are available for the upgrade using miles, and book it.
If the upgrade on the flights/dates you want is not available, have the agent check other dates/flights.
This cannot be done online. Call 1-800-433-7300.
Get Miles
Don’t have any or enough United miles? No problem. Just buy United miles when they go on sale, or transfer points through Marriott’s Travel Packages (for more information go here), or transfer points from Chase to United.
Don’t have any or enough American miles? No problem. Just buy American miles when they go on sale, or transfer Starwood/Marriott points, and you too can save big.
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