Originally Posted by BenjaminNYC

You continue to show very little understanding of the reality of this situation. Before ANYONE could upgrade ANY FARE to HI, with 15,000 miles. Now it's 17.5K + co-pay. So now it's harder. HI never had booking class restrictions for upgrades. So now it's harder and more expensive for the "once a year vacationer" as you call them. Please stop trying to bring your erroneous theme into every single thread. There is no sea-change, and certainly not for HI upgrades...