Tips For Flying - Perks and Upgrades
Posted April 7, 2009 by BookingBuddy
In these days of having to pay for nearly everything on your flight, you might not have realised that some airlines do have little perks available to every passenger, regardless of what class you’re flying in. The trick is knowing how to get them.
Some carriers provide little goodies to make your trip just a little bit more enjoyable. Air France, for instance, offers complimentary champagne to every passenger. Yes, every passenger – not just those in business or first class.
In the past, flying with luggage was a given, but these days, more and more airlines are charging for it. So, if you absolutely have to fly with check-in luggage, then perhaps it’s worth doing some research to find out which companies still let your bags fly for free. Singapore Airlines lets frequent flyers check up to three bags free, and Virgin Atlantic allows you to fly with up to 23 kilograms, for free.
If you’ve always wanted an upgrade but never managed to get it, maybe it’s because you didn’t know the right codes. And no, this isn’t some sort of secret Masonic code that you have to learn, rather, they’re special airline codes. Y-Ups are codes on first-class airfares that indicate a seat can be given to someone from economy looking to upgrade. To get your upgrade, search for first-class seats on the flight you’d like to be on. Then, search for an upgradeable seat in economy and give the airline a call to ask if your seat can be upgraded to a first-class one. For the same price as economy, of course.
These are only a few tips for a more enjoyable trip the next time you’re flying. If anyone else has some tips they’d like too share, please share them with me by leaving a comment.
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How can one tell if the economy seat is an upgradable seat?
I definitely agree with this article. I just wanted to leave a quick comment to let you know about a new site called Optifly. A friend sent me the link, and I've found it's very helpful. It shows flight possibilities in google maps or google earth, and it also returns low cost carriers as well as commercial airlines.
They allow linking to all airlines, and even to Expedia to compare prices. It seems to me that the best option is to use the tool to determine possible routes, and manually find the best routes using low cost carriers and agency sites like Expedia or Orbitz.
It's cool. Check it out at http://optifly.com
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