Originally Posted by
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Many thanks Gardyloo,
that is exactly the expert summary I needed. Now it seems that I need to better investigate the UG opportunities to Australia for an AA EXP. I understand that the AA SWUs are not useful on that route. I assume that leaves me working out options on QF? Are questions about using my AA miles for QF UGs TPAC best addressed here or in the QF forum? I suppose I could also book QF Premium Economy, which I have heard on the grapevine is comfortable?
Thanks again for your help.
Lurker
Unfortunately AA status won't help much at all with QF. You can't use SWUs, and (I'm not sure on this - maybe the AA board) if it's similar to trying to upgrade on BA, you can only upgrade with AA miles on full fares, Y/J etc., so of no practical use. Also (taking a page from BA's FFP) it might be that you could only upgrade one cabin, i.e. economy to premium economy (which QF has on more and more flights) so going from Y to J would be out. Not sure, and I suspect upgrades on QF are not in the cards anyway.
If you have a stock of UA miles from your current life, you might want to conserve them for UGs on UA metal to Oz. Not sure if the upgrade requirements have been increased by UA along with everything else.
Maybe some of the QFF regulars on this board can chime in - I'm over my head on this one.