How much do American airline upgrades cost? ?
In a few days I have a flight from phoenix to Chicago. It's me and my friend. We want to upgrade to first class. How much would it cost for us to buy upgrades?
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It probably won't cost you anything because you probably won't get it. I'm presuming that you don't have elite AAdvantage status because if you did you would almost certainly know. First class usually fills up (with the few people who actually book first class plus elite frequent fliers) with more people with elite status still on the upgrade request list. For those times when that doesn't happen, upgrades are available for $50 per 500 miles, so for your flight it would be $150 per person, each way to upgrade. Oh, and sometimes in the very unusual event that four hours before departure there still aren't enough upgrade requests to fill first class, they start offering upgrades to any taker at check-in for $75. But if you've already requested it at that point, you still have to pay $150 for it.
