not to reignite this fun little war of words, but the op's flight has come and gone, anyone know how it went.
I only ask because I'm young and greedy, we're flying in T class on an award(intl leg is from dallas-buenos aries) we should have enough miles by then to bump up to business, but she'd rather hang on to the miles for another coach milesaaver award later. Still we'll ask nicely about any upgrade, and we'll get turned down - smiling all the time.