Upgrade

How it is used

Also a verb: "We were upgraded to business class." Airlines sell upgrades online, at check-in or at the gate, and frequent flyers may get them with points. Hotels and car rental companies offer room and car upgrades too.

Example sentences

1. Is it possible to get an upgrade to business class on this flight?

2. The hotel gave us a free upgrade to a sea-view room.

Common collocations

• get an upgrade
• free upgrade
• pay for an upgrade
• be upgraded to
• room upgrade

Related terms

• economy classThe cheapest and most common class of seats on a plane or train, with less space and fewer services than business or first class.
• priority boardingA service that lets some passengers get on the plane before the others, for example business class travellers, frequent flyers or people who paid extra.
• overbookedDescribes a flight or hotel that has sold more seats or rooms than it actually has, expecting that some customers will not show up.
• reservationAn arrangement to keep a hotel room, table, seat or car for you on a certain date; also the record of that arrangement.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• upgrade · Software Engineering
• upgrade · Tourism & Hospitality

More terms: Booking & Tickets

• flight
• airline
• book
• ticket
• round-trip ticket
• one-way ticket
• direct flight
• e-ticket
• booking reference
• fare
• itinerary