United Business Class Mileage Upgrades Available on San Francisco-Tokyo Flights For Four Travelers
Flash Deal Summary
If you already have United miles, or can transfer Chase Rewards or Marriott points to United, given the coach fare (including co-pay) generally ranges from $1,800 to $3,000 round-trip, and the normal Business Class fare generally ranges from $3,500 to $6,000 to Asia, you can use United miles to save $500 to $4,200 (14% to 70%) on your next premium travel booking.
THE RISK OF CHANGING OR CANCELLING AN UPGRADE AWARD TICKET WITH UA DURING CORONAVIRUS: If you request to cancel your upgrade award, any miles and associated upgrade co-pays will be refunded, but a re-credit fee may apply. If you request to change a flight with an upgrade award, United can apply the upgrade award to your new itinerary, subject to upgrade availability. Additional miles and co-pay may be required. You can find more details on UA’s site here.
However, for a paid economy ticket, fare rules and restrictions of the original purchased fare do apply. United customers will be permitted to change without paying a change fee to a flight of equal or lesser value for travel up to 12 months from the original ticket issue date (but any difference in fares will apply). See FCF’s risk of booking widget here.
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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 "Upgrade to Premium Economy or Business" option to search for upgrade space to Business Class in the "Fare preferences" section, after you click on "Upgrade type." See below:
- When your search results come back, it will not only show fares and flight schedules, it will also show what flights offer an upgrade, and what the cost is.
- 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.
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Everybody knows how frequently airfares change (some estimates claim that there are up to 500,000 fare changes daily). Because that’s a few too many for First Class Flyer to keep up with, FCF cannot guarantee that all fares discussed will be available when you go to make a booking. Also, for the sake of quick and easy “executive summary” format, all fare rules and restrictions can’t possibly be included. Fares quoted usually include the average taxes and fees for the routes in the chart.