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Flew to DXB over the new year period, booked in W both ways, purchased with Avios using an AMEX 2-4-1 voucher.
Outbound, we upgraded W>J at the check in desk at LHR, using cash. Inbound, we flew in W as planned.
Both my partner and I received 140 TP and a few thousand Avios for the outbound flight. This was an unexpected bonus, we did not realise that upgrading with cash would trigger TP and Avios on a reward booking.
Inbound, to my complete surprise, I received 90 TP and a few thousand Avios – but my partner received neither TP or Avios.
I don’t want to ‘chase’ for his missing TP/Avios if actually neither of us were entitled to them and I just got lucky.
Thank you for any pointers!
- This topic was modified 54 years, 4 months ago by .
You shouldn’t have received Avios or TP’s for either leg so keep quiet is my advice. Presumably at some point there has been a change in the booking beyond the upgrade & the redemption fare bucket has dropped off the booking when this was processed?
It used to be a well known bug that upgrading a cash WTP with Avios to CW earned CW Avios/TP’s but that was fixed a while ago & wouldn’t apply here anyway.
Thank you for the advice. It’s certainly a mystery, but I’ll definitely take the advice to keep quiet!
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