Originally Posted by
tourist
Just a note about that: I think that the collected experience around here says that SAS will not sell upgrades via OptionTown unless the flight is full or almost full in Economy, so it's probably a good time to use those points. But you lose only €5 in the gambling process if you want to test the theory...
Good point, so NRT will be difficult with OT, although summer should be peak for Japanese tourists. I don't have much opportunity to earn points on SK anymore apart from Hertz rentals because I am just squeezing by with my UA 100k status since 2009, so I should conserve at least 10k EB points for another trip. I used to be able to put some miles on SK and even earned *S one year.
Also, I now get 150% status miles for Eco Extra (or C) with UA. So, I'll buy it and use the miles from TYO and try OT on the return and save the 10k for another time. The unfortunate thing with miles is that you retain the old booking class; otherwise I would book Eco one way.