Originally Posted by
thyeri
Don't wait for an OP-UP, use your e-credits.
Flight is oversold and this flight usually has a lot of E/SE travelers.
Upgrades will be given to LMU, e-upgrades, and then if there are still J seats left, to people who don't have a seat in the back (lucky OP-UP) .
AC8/4AUG looks much better than AC16 in J:
- AC16: J9C6D3Z0R0
- AC8: J9C9D9Z9R2
You can do a same-day change in HK, but the same class of reservation must be available on the other flight, which is unlikely unless you bought a Y/B/M expensive fare.
Right now, U class is the lowest available class on both AC16 and AC8.
It will be hard to secure the upgrade on AC16, and hard to change flight to AC8 on day of departure. If your class of reservation is U or above, you could change it now (assuming YVR-YYZ is also available)...
Good luck! ^
Thanks for the advice, but are you sure SDC requires the same fare class to be available? The AC agent and supervisor I spoke to assured me as long as any economy fare is available, I will be able to switch. She says she has noted it as such in my reservation file (because I was concerned the HKG airport agents would not be familiar with the SDC policy based on another thread).