Originally Posted by
beachfan
I need 25K EQM above planned travel to retain ExPlat and even was willing to go from LAX to CDG for Thanksgiving or in December if I could use my SWUs.
That would give me what I need if I could get double miles, but even if I"m willing to fly to StL and back, it seems like getting the SWUs, cost, connections all to align is very, very, very difficult.
And yes, I have Expert Flyer.
I want ExPlat, but if I can't use my SWUs, I'm not going to make a 13k run in coach.
So I think the fears of ExPlat inflation is overstated.
Just because there is no confirmable C space now for your flights doens't mean they won't clear. What is the J space like? What does F and A look like?
I had 2 waitlists clear within about 5-10 days of ticketing, and these are for flights in over 2 months.
If you are looking to go at thanksgiving, I think your chances of clearing are huge. There will be very little business travel so the J cabin should be pretty open, and as EXP waitlisting this far out you should have pretty high upgrade priority--even if its at the gate. During that period of high leisure travel, its more likely Y will be oversold, they'll be op-upping people to J. If its 3 cabin, as an EXP you could even get op-upped to F!