Thanks j_the_p for the claification and this was something I was not aware.I have gone ahead and waitlisted for the transpacific and will wait to see what happens, the short haul has been accepted. I see you can cancel a requested upgrade online (if unconfimed) or by conrtacing AC if confirmed.

Appreciate the responses.

On a side note there are 2 elites travelling and the eupgrade system required us to both request the upgrade togther and have enough credits for both in one account, rather than each being able to use our own eupgrade points individually, another strange part of the process as you may only have enough to upgrade one on an itinerary.

Cheers

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