Originally Posted by
mikelat
As BrewerSEA notes, you may not always have that option. It is entirely possible that J award seats won't be available and someone would have to settle for Y. But, on departure day, for any number of reasons, they may offer buy-ups to J that would work even for those on an award ticket.
It is a point. Just saying I have more miles than cash to play with. I have no idea what an upgrade from the US to Aus could possibly cost in $
not to mention, it's also then a risk of getting stuck in economy. But, better than not going sometimes I suppose....