Im looking at buying 2 syd to lax return freedom fare flights for august. Price would be around $2250 for each return flight. The plan would be to try for an upgrade to J for 45000 points per flight each.
Im wondering what the chances would be of getting the points upgrades.
The other alternative is springing for Y+ saver fares which would be $3000 return each. The upside is that if we dont get the upgrade at least we have the Y+ seats. The downside is that if we do get the J upgrades then it means we paid an extra $1500 in total (as opposed to the freedom fare route)
Or then again could just buy getaway fares for about $950 return each and then make a bid through UpgradeMe. Usually the min bid is $490 for Y+ or $1590 for J. If not successful we can just pay the extra for economy X. This would definitely be the cheapest route however no idea what our chances of success would be.
I know theres no way of knowing in advance the chances of success. But my priorities would be in this order:
1. Cheapest method possible (assuming equivalent chance of success)
2. Flexibility of fares
3. Earning of SC
The part im unsure of is the order of upgrades. Do points uogrades only get approved if an award saver seat opens up? Do they take priority over UpgradeMe bids?
Or am i just over thinking all of this lol
Im wondering what the chances would be of getting the points upgrades.
The other alternative is springing for Y+ saver fares which would be $3000 return each. The upside is that if we dont get the upgrade at least we have the Y+ seats. The downside is that if we do get the J upgrades then it means we paid an extra $1500 in total (as opposed to the freedom fare route)
Or then again could just buy getaway fares for about $950 return each and then make a bid through UpgradeMe. Usually the min bid is $490 for Y+ or $1590 for J. If not successful we can just pay the extra for economy X. This would definitely be the cheapest route however no idea what our chances of success would be.
I know theres no way of knowing in advance the chances of success. But my priorities would be in this order:
1. Cheapest method possible (assuming equivalent chance of success)
2. Flexibility of fares
3. Earning of SC
The part im unsure of is the order of upgrades. Do points uogrades only get approved if an award saver seat opens up? Do they take priority over UpgradeMe bids?
Or am i just over thinking all of this lol