We would like to purchase economy tickets and use miles to upgrade. We have done this several times with no problem. United now tells us that there are no upgrades available through any city to Paris in the entire month of September. Does anyone have experience working the system or know something we don't? Anyone used "BookMyAward"?
Posted by
victoria, Canada
11507 posts
Andrea , you couldn't have picked a busier month for a visit to Paris so doubt many point systems are going to have any flight upgrades left available for that time period. September is still very popular with tourists, but what makes it really insane is that September is Paris's very busy trade/business show and fashion season month..
Posted by
OP
Portland, OR, USA
267 posts
Thank you for this information! We are rethinking our whole itinerary with another city as our start point. We have been to Paris a couple of times so don't need to make it an effort particularly if it is going to be crowded!
Posted by
New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
Mileage aware travel is very fluctuant. A route that is not available today may become available tomorrow. So, if you do want to go to Paris (or anywhere else you are told has no availability), keep checking. And if you have to go via an inconvenient connection (say, Istanbul), keep checking back, because a better way may become available (say, through Frankfurt).