Asiana Club - Change to F ICN-LAX?

We have booked 3 C tickets LAX-ICN, ICN-BKK, HKT-INC, ICN-BKK, using AC points. At the time of booking F was not available on the ICN-LAX leg, now it is. It will cost me 20000 points, plus a $90CAN change fee per ticket. Looking for opinions. Mrs. thinks C will be "just fine", but how often to you get to fly F. Bye the way, we currently accumulate about 1.2M miles per year so we need to spend them somewhere. Thanks

Personally I would do it, considering the point accumulation you mention... and the F seats are much nicer than J for that long of a trip...

We have booked 3 C tickets LAX-ICN, ICN-BKK, HKT-INC, ICN-BKK, using AC points. At the time of booking F was not available on the ICN-LAX leg, now it is. It will cost me 20000 points, plus a $90CAN change fee per ticket. Looking for opinions. Mrs. thinks C will be "just fine", but how often to you get to fly F. Bye the way, we currently accumulate about 1.2M miles per year so we need to spend them somewhere. Thanks

This is an absolute no brainer. How award the return leg? If F opens up on that flight prior to the outbound you won't have to buy up...

This is an absolute no brainer.

+1. Accumulating that kind of mileage? Absolutely.

I see that this was your first post. Welcome to FT. With that amount of flying, I bet that you'll enjoy it here!!! I know that I do.

I agree that it's a no brainer. What Mrs. has a problem with, which I left out of my OP was that we are also travelling with another couple and 9 yo daughter. She seems to think that it would be on the rude side if we moved to F and left them in C. My opinion is that I look at this as basically an overnight flight that most of the time would be spent trying to sleep anyways.

Hence the dilemma, stay in C with our friends as planned, or move to F and enjoy the experience. BTW, it's also my B day that day so I'm thinking it would be a nice present to myself.

Asiana F is idyllic, nothing like C. I'd do it in a heartbeat too. Of course your wife is right: your friends will be jealous. But it's your birthday, your miles, and your trip. How could they begrudge you? Flying in that kind of luxury for free is the trade-off for the frustration of flying enough to earn that many miles.

Perhaps your wife would rather stay in C & you can upgrade one of the people in the other couple to F with you? In fact, you might be able to upgrade the others as departure time approaches.

Welcome to FT!

David

F for sure. I'm sure you can catch up with your friends in Thailand. ;)

Thinking back to my birthday flight I took a few years back... would I have downgraded to be with friends and family or stayed in Concorde Class... I think you know the answer... ;) use the miles to upgrade you and your wife... your friends won't care, you'll probably be sleeping most of the flight anyway...

Hence the dilemma, stay in C with our friends as planned, or move to F and enjoy the experience. BTW, it's also my B day that day so I'm thinking it would be a nice present to myself.

DONE! Took the F seats while they were still available. Called OZ, got seating, and booked the Royal Korean meal. Nothing left to do except wait 'til Nov.

Also, according to the*A website, passengers on F are allowed to bring one guest in as well. I'm assuming this also applies to the OZ F lounge at ICN. If so, this will allow our fiends to come in and try some JW Blue as well.

Thanks for the opinions

DONE! Took the F seats while they were still available. Called OZ, got seating, and booked the Royal Korean meal. Nothing left to do except wait 'til Nov.

Also, according to the*A website, passengers on F are allowed to bring one guest in as well. I'm assuming this also applies to the OZ F lounge at ICN. If so, this will allow our fiends to come in and try some JW Blue as well.

Thanks for the opinions

Good choice, I would have done the same. You fly enough that you deserve to fly in F.

Enjoy the JW Blue^.

Well done. When is the trip, and would you please write a Trip Report?

Similar question but using another instrument. It seems that a Star Alliance upgrade from C to F is 50,000 miles. I have a RT coming up on Asiana (LAX-ICN-LAX) and plenty of UA miles to do it, but I don't think I will do it both ways. Which direction would you spend the miles. Would anybody think that's a waste of miles?

Oddly enough, last time I went to Korea last summer, I outbounded in F on KE and returned in C.

Similar question but using another instrument. It seems that a Star Alliance upgrade from C to F is 50,000 miles. I have a RT coming up on Asiana (LAX-ICN-LAX) and plenty of UA miles to do it, but I don't think I will do it both ways. Which direction would you spend the miles. Would anybody think that's a waste of miles?



No, it is not a waste, but keep in mind star alliance upgrade from C to F have to purchase C or D class in order to do it.

If you want to do it one way, I suggest do it on ICN-LAX, especially if you prefer to eat Korean meal, as only for flights out of ICN have several options of Royal Korean Meal and Chinese meal avaialbe to pre-order. For LAX-ICN, you have no choice either bibimbap or ssam bap. Also for mid flight snack, only flight out of ICN has dim sum option.

I think it depends on whether you value enjoying the good service, or sleeping better? If its service, maybe choose the daylight flight to ICN, and if sleep is more important, take the overnight back to LAX?

I think it depends on whether you value enjoying the good service, or sleeping better? If its service, maybe choose the daylight flight to ICN, and if sleep is more important, take the overnight back to LAX?

The poster can enjoy plently of service with enchance food plus sleep for flight back to LAX as well, as the 4:30pm departure OZ 202 is a 747, only the 747 flight has F, the later one OZ 204 is a 777, which is a 2 class, are you confused with that one ?

Unfortunately checked the ticket and while it's full D, it's on the two class flights (which is indeed what i asked for as timing is a bit tight both ways) C'est la vie - at least I'll get the bibambop