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Old Jan 10, 2013 | 2:36 am
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nux
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Originally Posted by Omarko
Just wanted to clarify, I want to buy an upgradeable ticket so I can use mu FF points to request an upgrade, i am not hoping for a free upgrade.

Do I still have only 1% chance of upgrading even if its with points?

Also, i thought gold status while not high , it would help with the upgrade queue position.
Yes, I meant low chance even with points. As said, it is a bit of a lottery and in no way guaranteed.

If there are any seats to upgrade to (in my experience, the J and Y+ cabin is usually pretty full or even sold out well before the first round of upgrades 7 days before), CL upgrade requests are first, then WP1, then WP, then SG, and so on.

Personally, I would save the money and either look at alternatives like a reward flight from SIN/HKG in J, or as said book Y to SIN/HKG and Y+/J for the rest.
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