Going to Guam in couple of weeks and have to options to choose from.
1. Virgin on FLEXI Economy to SYD-HKG-SYD and UA HKG-GUM-HKG
2. China Airlines Premium Economy SYD-TPE-SYD and Economy TPE-GUM-TPE
Option one I'm platinum both with VA and UA but my issue is that Virgin does not have any J reward seats available either way hence no guarantee for J upgrade. So my question is how likely is it that VA customer service will bump me up? Have never flown VA internationally and don't know how their upgrade process works. With domestic it's pretty straight forwards as long as there are seats available. With UA I get J upgrade automatically at check-in as long as there are seats available.
Option two is not something I'm keen on but at least I have PE guaranteed between SYD-TPE-SYD
My budget is $2000-$2500 if anybody has any other ideas.
Thanks
1. Virgin on FLEXI Economy to SYD-HKG-SYD and UA HKG-GUM-HKG
2. China Airlines Premium Economy SYD-TPE-SYD and Economy TPE-GUM-TPE
Option one I'm platinum both with VA and UA but my issue is that Virgin does not have any J reward seats available either way hence no guarantee for J upgrade. So my question is how likely is it that VA customer service will bump me up? Have never flown VA internationally and don't know how their upgrade process works. With domestic it's pretty straight forwards as long as there are seats available. With UA I get J upgrade automatically at check-in as long as there are seats available.
Option two is not something I'm keen on but at least I have PE guaranteed between SYD-TPE-SYD
My budget is $2000-$2500 if anybody has any other ideas.
Thanks