Originally Posted by
llbean
So the whole upgrade world starts anew tomm with e-upgrades.
I have an upcoming trip to Europe next week. i am a new SE.
I can buy a Tango fare and upgrade OW with 14 E-upgrade points. When looking online I can buy an M fare for $400 more and upgrade on the same flight with 8 e-upgrade points.
Both are within 7 day window.
What are people's thoughts? Is this worth it? Is 6-eupgrade points worth $400 or is it better to try and upgrade from the lowest fare possible...
Obviously it depends on how many e-credits you have, how any credits you expect to need, what kind of routes you fly.
I mainly do TATL roundtrips or long-haul flights within NA and have come to the following conclusion for my flying pattern:
1) I´m willing to pay up to $500-$600 for a o/w upgrade on a T+ fare, alternatively I need 14 upgrade credits => about $40/credit
2) I´m willing to pay about $300 for a o/w upgrade on a T+ for a long-haul flight within NA (e.g. YYZ-YVR) which costs 10 credits => $30/credit
3) Exec. First usually is $500 more expensive than a Lat fare on the routes I fly, considering the Exec. First would also earn a COS bonus the value of the 1 credit would be about $60
So most of the time I use a valuation of about $40/credit, this works well for my int´l flights, but if you mainly flew Lat fares within NA this calculations would be very much flawed