Originally Posted by
schwett
thanks so much for the input... as for the NRT upgrade - how can you tell when purchasing if the upgrade can be confirmed? speaking with an agent - or just buy and cancel?
Speak to an agent or set your profile to "expert" mode, search for the same flight using a standard award search, and look for NC# when you mouse over the flight info, where # is a number > 0 (NC is the number of upgradeable business class seats available).