Upgrade Air India Award Ticket

[akash25ch]

I have bought 2 Air India economy flights to Europe through Turkish miles. Is their any way I can get this upgraded to business using miles program of Air India or some other airlines? I tried by calling Turkish, they said not possible need to connect with Air India only

 

[msk1437]

Wait till April 3rd for revamped AI FF program

 

[rafzy]

I have bought 2 Air India economy flights to Europe through Turkish miles. Is their any way I can get this upgraded to business using miles program of Air India or some other airlines? I tried by calling Turkish, they said not possible need to connect with Air India only

just curious, were you able to upgrade these tickets?

 

[akash25ch]

just curious, were you able to upgrade these tickets?

no, they are asking me to check at the time of checking in at the airport as this booking is through partner. Also they are not able to do any modifcations as their system works on Ticket number and no ticket number exists for Turkish airlines bookings.

 

[laser00]

no, they are asking me to check at the time of checking in at the airport as this booking is through partner. Also they are not able to do any modifcations as their system works on Ticket number and no ticket number exists for Turkish airlines bookings.

Pls update what is the response at airport. I am also curious. Turkish has a separate Start Alliance upgrade site, did you try that?

https://www.staralliance.com/en/redeem

 

[akash25ch]

Pls update what is the response at airport. I am also curious. Turkish has a separate Start Alliance upgrade site, did you try that?

https://www.staralliance.com/en/redeem

Will update. Air India is saying another thing as well that you can't redeem points for award flight.

Turkish already wasn't even able to correct a surname error on their side for the same flights. They had to cancel and refund me full amount and I had to call them to make a new booking

 

[Harry1]

Wait till April 3rd for revamped AI FF program

Any update on this?

 

[akash25ch]

Any update on thist

They have refused that upgrade is not allowed in award tickets using miles

 

[hrishig]

They have refused that upgrade is not allowed in award tickets using miles

Applicable for most of the airlines

 

[Harry1]

They have refused that upgrade is not allowed in award tickets using miles

How about upgrading using cash at counter or before 72 hours? I see they have upgrade+ for 24-72 hrs before departure and Fixed Upfront upgrades program for 4 hours before departure.

If yes, any estimate on costs for India-Europe flights Economy to Business upgrade?

 

[Harry1]

How about upgrading using cash at counter or before 72 hours? I see they have upgrade+ for 24-72 hrs before departure and Fixed Upfront upgrades program for 4 hours before departure.

If yes, any estimate on costs for India-Europe flights Economy to Business upgrade?

My experience: upgrade+ doesn't work even when half of the seats are empty. The only thing that works is over the counter upgrade during check-in.

I had a flight from BLR-DEL-CDG and was quoted 515 USD + 12% Tax (Approx 45-50K) for Upgrading DEL-CDG segment at Delhi Transit area even with 50% empty seats. Apparently BLR guys can't do for DEL-CDG segment. My budget was max 30K, so left it.

On return, FRA-DEL, it was 100% occupied, so no option provided.

As a tip, the extra legroom seats in economy gets free about 6 hours before departure. So, that's great if u can grab it.