Originally Posted by
karljohan
Hi,
Thanks for the quick responses. There's no doubt I'll make 1k very soon through business trips, the question was more about the likelihood of getting three passengers upgraded with SWUs or getting access to a special stash of award tickets only available to 1ks.
You will find upgrade using SWUs are not as easy as you think, especially on heavily traveled routes and weekend flights. Additionally you need to purchase W fare in order to be in upgrade line
Special awards for 1K (NY fare basis) are only for economy seats. Lately, XY and NY seats are identical.