Have you always dreamt of experiencing Business Class but never had the opportunity? Our upgrade tool enables you to bid for an upgrade from Economy to Business, providing you with the chance to enhance your travel experience with superior comfort and special benefits that may await you on your next flight.
MyUPGRADE service is available on selected international and domestic routes operated by Air Astana. After booking in Economy Class and confirming route eligibility, simply determine your desired bid for an upgrade and submit your offer. Enter your payment card details securely online, review, and finalize your bid. If successful, we will notify you before departure with a new electronic ticket for your Business Class seat. Your payment card will only be charged upon a successful bid and upgrade confirmation. Successful bids are subject to Air Astana's discretion and offers below a minimum limit will not be considered. Keep in mind that the higher your offer, the greater your chances of securing an upgrade.
Receive an email invitation between 7 days and 7 hours before your flight. If you haven't received an email, check your flight's eligibility using the tool above.
Make, modify, or cancel your offer anytime before your scheduled flight. Modification and/or cancellation are possible if your offer is not yet accepted.
From 48 hours before departure time, we'll send you an email to inform you whether your offer has been successful or not.
1. The following terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions") shall apply to an offer ("Offer") made by you ("passenger", "you") to Air Astana ("the airline", "Air Astana", "us"), located at the main legal address: Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050039, 4A Zakarpatskaya Street, for an opportunity to upgrade from an originally purchased Economy Class ticket to a Business Class ("Upgrade" or "MyUPGRADE").
2. You must be at least 18 years of age and able to enter into binding contracts. You shall be deemed to have the authority to act on behalf of and to bind the person or persons named or included on the Offer to these Terms and Conditions.
3. Passengers may only submit one Offer per flight corresponding to the purchased ticket issued on Air Astana document number 465, and offers must always be made and paid for using a credit card. Minimum/Maximum upgrade offer values apply.
4. One Offer can be made for one booking, including all passengers in it. If an upgrade is required for certain passengers only, it is necessary to split the passengers in the booking by contacting the place of ticket purchase.
5. An Offer, when submitted by you in association with a booking made with Air Astana, whether made directly with Air Astana or indirectly through other means and presented to Air Astana, shall entitle the person or persons named on the Offer, subject to these Terms and Conditions, to be considered for an Upgrade.
6. Air Astana reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to decide whether or not to accept your Offer, and it makes no representation that any passenger will be upgraded, regardless of whether or not seats are available in the class of service for which an Offer is being made.
7. You may revise or cancel your Offer through the hyperlink on the offer email provided that you make this request a minimum of 7 hours before departure and your Offer is not yet accepted. After this time, and if your Offer has been accepted, you are legally bound to complete payment for the price stated in your Offer.
8. An Offer that complies with these Terms and Conditions will be valid ("Valid Offer") from the time of its submission to Air Astana, with the validity of the Offer expiring at the scheduled departure date and time, or, in the event that the flight has been delayed, the time at which the airplane doors have been closed for departure. Furthermore, should you cancel your Offer, the Offer shall no longer be a Valid Offer.
9. In the event Air Astana re-accommodates you onto another flight for any reason other than your default, any Offer you made in relation to the original booking must be transferred to the new flight(s), subject to availability of the upgraded class.
10. Air Astana may accept your Offer at any time during the period it remains a Valid Offer. In the event Air Astana accepts your Offer, your credit card shall be charged the full amount immediately upon acceptance, and Air Astana will issue a new ticket reflecting your Upgrade to each passenger included in your original flight booking. The total amount charged will include all applicable pre-payable taxes and fees (if any) for the Upgrade. The total amount that you must pay to us will be disclosed to you before you submit your Offer. An Upgrade issued by Air Astana can be changed or transferred only in accordance with applicable Fare Rules and our Conditions of Carriage.
11. The charge on your credit card may appear in the name of "Air Astana". You agree that you cannot challenge or dispute a charge for the reason that the name appearing on the credit card statement is Air Astana.
12. There will be no refunds, credits, or exchanges once your Offer has been accepted by Air Astana and your credit card has been charged, except under the following conditions:
- The flight for which your Offer was accepted and you were upgraded was canceled, and Air Astana re-accommodated you on another flight but in the class of service of your original booking, in which case the amount paid for the Upgrade will be refunded to the payment card that was used to pay for the Upgrade, and Air Astana shall have no further liability to you.
- Your Offer was accepted, and you were given an Upgrade, but you were not able to be seated in the upgraded class of service for reasons attributable to Air Astana, including, but not limited to, a change in equipment, a delay in the connecting flight that resulted in your missing the connection on which you were upgraded, but excluding reasons attributable to your actions, including, but not limited to, you on your own volition opting to change flights, you missing a flight.
13. Should refunds be approved, they will be processed in the currency in which the Upgrade amount was charged. Such refunds would be limited to the amount charged for the Upgrade, and no bank-related charges will be refunded, note that a refund usually takes about 10 working days to reflect in your account.
14. The fare conditions for the original ticket you purchased shall remain in effect and will be applicable even if your Offer has been accepted and you have been upgraded, including, but not limited to, cancellation policies, change fees, and rules relating to the accrual of frequent flyer points.
15. If the passenger changes their ticket, Air Astana has no obligation to seat them in the upgraded class of service unless they pay for the Upgrade as per the airline’s standard change policies and the policies and conditions associated with the fare class of the original ticket.
16. Air Astana does not guarantee specific seat assignments to passengers whose Offers are accepted and who are upgraded.
17. The Upgrade program "MyUPGRADE" is only valid for Air Astana-operated flights, booked under the Air Astana two-letter designator (KC). No codeshare flights (either Air Astana Marketed and other airline operated or Other Airline Marketed and Air Astana operated) are eligible for this program.
18. Nomad Club points will be awarded to the passenger on the basis of the originally booked Economy Class ticket and booking class.
19. In the event your Offer was accepted, and your credit card was charged the Offer amount but the Upgrade was not provided, you may apply for a refund. Your request must include the original boarding pass for the flight in question. If you are not able to provide the original boarding pass for the flight in dispute, Air Astana is under no obligation to refund you for the amount you paid for the Upgrade.
20. Air Astana reserves the right to modify and otherwise change these Terms and Conditions at their discretion. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no amendment, modification, or waiver to these Terms and Conditions shall be binding on Air Astana unless made in writing and signed by an authorized officer of Air Astana.
21. These Terms and Conditions should be read in conjunction with Air Astana’s Conditions of Carriage, Website Terms of Use, and Privacy and Security Policy, which you can read on airastana.com.
The failure of Air Astana to exercise any of its rights shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of the future performance of any of its rights, and your obligations with respect to such future performance shall continue in full force and effect.