My wife was booked Sun AM ADL-MEL-LAX. She is now coming to LAX via AKL on Air Newzealand. It was either that, or delay the trip for 24 hours which she did not want to do.
My trip yesterday was a real "experience"!!!
Got my seat allocation when checking in and was happy with 40a to LAX. Got a call in the QP about 10 mins before leaving ADL and was presented with an upgade to PE by a smiling staff member. I was even happier with that, so off I went to SYD.
After some duty free shopping and a great little smoked salmon meal in the SYD QP, I wandered off to the departure gate and when my boarding pass was scanned it failed. My thoughts were the upgrade had failed, but after a trip to a different counter at the boarding gate, I was upgraded at the gate to J.
So I actually got a double upgrade. Had a great flight, good sleep and all was wonderful.
Have not told the wife, and will leave that until she gets to LAX just in case she gets stroppy at me getting the U/G, and her not getting one.
I'm not going to worry about the return trip for the next 8 days - by then, I hope all is normal, otherwise we will just go with the flow.