Originally Posted by
carlosdca
Option A (with LAX-LHR)
BUT...you say you plan to travel EARLY AUGUST. That is pretty soon and you will probably not be at the top of upgrade wait-list.
Hard to tell which SWU has more chance to clear but I would be inclined to say ZRH-JFK is more likely to clear.
How does MCE look like on the LHR-LAX?. IF MCE and exit rows are full, that probably means lots of exps on SWU waitlist.
As a connecting EXP, even if your SWU does not clear, you will trump all local EXPs for the JFK-LAX flight and I could say that it is very likely that you will clear JFK-LAX with domestic upgrades.
Tough choice...I'd probably gamble and go through LHR (just because I have not seen the 77W yet, even if it is just MCE).
Right now, MCE only has 10 open seats out of 30, including 4 open exit row seats (16 ABC and 16JKL) Of course, there's no way to know how many of those 20 are EXP and have applied for the upgrade...or is there?
I asked the EXP desk about all these flights, and they said they had no way to see the upgrade waitlist...?
Is this info I could find out via an ExpertFlyer trial subscription?