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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 3:35 pm
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Originally Posted by flyertalkrocks
Could you elaborate on this a little bit? How does flight scheduling help get us into business class? As for mileage and paid upgrades, that means using the miles we accrue by flying along with cash to buy upgrades when we get to the airport?


How would that play out? I thought PQMs couldn't be purchased and had to be earned by flying.


Not good. What would you suggest short of paying full fare for business class? Just upgrading with miles+cash at the airport?

Is there anything like optiontown.com for United? That site just worked great for my wife and I between SF and Copenhagen on SAS.

Are Y-Up fares only for travel within the US and Canada?
If you're trying to keep the price down, I would suggest using miles as frequently as possible to buy your J tickets (50k*12*1.5=900k miles per year on the card). Beyond that, miles+co-pay is likely your best option on paid tickets.
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