HA Pacific upgrades: cost and ff earning
In a few months I have a one-way day flight HNL-PPT, and I could not justify the fare difference to buy First Class seating when it is a five hour flight which arrives at 10 pm.
Having said that, by the time I check in online at the Royal Hawaiian my head will be on vacation, and if we are offered a paid upgrade we might just take it.
Which leaves me with two questions, as follows:
1. How much does the airline offer as check-in upsells on its routes of this sort of length, and
2. Do you earn miles at the upgraded or originally purchased rate?
If the upsells are more than $490 and the miles awarded are at coach rates then I would do better to just buy the dearer ticket.