Originally Posted by
El Boocho
K fares are outrageous?
No, they are not. On the other hand, unless you have a cross-country trip it really doesn't matter if you are upgraded or not. Given my choice between getting SWUs to use on short hops (like ATL-JFK) or 20,000 SkyMiles I will take the SkyMiles every time.
On the other hand, where I would be very happy to use the SMUs, like on TLV-ATL flights, I would have to buy at least an M fare, and the prices for those are, indeed, outrageous.