Originally Posted by
cutebunny930
Thank you very much for your suggestion/ tips!!
A big FYI, you cannot upgrade from Y to J. You can only upgrade from Y+ to J. Are you planning on buying a Y+ ticket, or a plain Y ticket? If it's the latter, you're not going to be sitting in J class, period...even if award availability opens up in J. Unless you want to outright burn miles for a pure-J awards tix (without purchasing the Y+ ticket that is required for the upgrade).