Originally Posted by
rjque
H will give you a decent shot if there are any F seats left by the day of departure. Have you looked at the price difference between B and H? It might be worth it to pay that to get immediately confirmed into F. Otherwise, I would make sure I had a good Y seat and expect to fly Y. Non-full-Y/B upgrades are very uncommon on this route, even as a plat in a high fare class.
Thanks for the advice. Just checked and B is $998 R/T vs. $398 I am paying in H. 8C is a pretty good Y seat, so I'll just be happy with that. 8C isn't as good as 1B, but it's better than 41B.
I knew I wouldn't have a good chance at an upgrade on this route, but I was wondering if some flights had a better shot than others.