Originally Posted by
m3red
I'm struggling for a leg in April (y to j) I've given up on it now and will use point for f. It's much easier to get j to f than y to j these days. Ek is holding onto d class and z class because they are selling them out. I've seen cases where there is j class seats but they don't open them up because they need them for op ups. I've stopped asking now. I know this is the case and more often than not get the op up for free. Great for golds and plats not so much for the rest with miles to burn....
My experience matches this. Was waitlisted for Y-J for several weeks. Never got it. Got an email offer for cash upgrade. Didn't respond. Op-up at checkin. I just don't understand why they don't take miles to make space in Y. It's so overbooked they send out cash upgrade offers, and then have to op-up the Plats/Golds anyway...
I'll keep checking my Y-J upgrades. 2 sectors available (which are always full in Y, medium load in J), 2 sectors unavailable (which are always chocka in J and F, light load in Y; yesterday's flight had >100 empty in Y but 76/76 and 14/14). Makes sense.