Originally Posted by
Raffles
Oh come on! 'Just about worth it'? Miami is a TEN HOUR flight. Anyone who doesn't believe that it's worth £8.50 an hour for the extra space and comfort of WT+ must really be down to their last few pennies. (And anyone down to their last few pennies shouldn't be heading to MIA anyway!)
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I'm not sure if these upgrades are also valid for the 12,500 mile upgrades to CW or not, should award availability open up on your outbound.
Absolutely 100% agree. £85 is ridiculously cheap for a flight of this duration. The normal price to upgrade on a long haul at the airport is £199 from WT to WT+ and £399 from WT+ to CW. £85 is a giveaway.
However, I'm not sure if you'd be allowed to upgrade further having purchased an upgrade at this price. Certainly you can't purchase upgrades for two classes at the airport where the price is more expensive.
I strongly suspect it wouldn't be possible to do an MFU to CW either even if space did open up, but then you wouldn't from a WT ticket anyway.
PS - I'm actually amazed they're offering it on this route as almost all the flights are chocka block full in premium cabins.