Originally Posted by
sbm12
But do you really want to drop an extra 10K miles for the upgrade between JFK and SFO/LAX? Remember that *A upgrades are priced on a per segment basis so you pay for each segment you choose to upgrade.
Shoot, I forgot about that one segment rule. If the OP has access to UA miles or a 1K buddy with extra SWUs, you can get this all the way through.
But, this is one area where you may be able to use the "direct" flight to your advantage.
UA0863 JFK SYD 0519P 0725A+2 (1 stop, SFO)
UA0870 SYD JFK 0245P 0934P (1 stop, SFO)