Originally Posted by
TechnoPagan
I'm taking my 78 YO mother on a short getaway this coming Tuesday. I got two VERY cheap tickets BWI-SEA (with connections in ORD) during one of the Southwest fare matching deals.
I know this is a subjective question but is it "dumb" to use 60,000 miles to upgrade these flights. Right now we have some "average" E+ seats in a VERY full (well, according to the seat map) Y cabins.
I've got about 120K miles in my account and really don't have any other plans to use them.
Do others think this transcon is worth upgrading w/miles?????
I think yes. Only you can know for sure if you agree. The problem is if the flight is pretty full, are you sure you'll clear? And what if they only have one seat and not two (of course you'd give it to you mom, but would she be happy riding far away from her loving son?) What if it clears only on the BWI-ORD leg and not to SEA - it's the same number of miles, you know...