Originally Posted by
Mr. Roboto
Last week, purchased B class economy fare for travel LAX - TPE - MNL in January 2015.
Upgraded LAX-TPE online using UA MileagePlus miles to Royal Laurel Class.
TPE-MNL: upgrade not available.
NICE!
At the time of upgrade, did it show RL award seats available either on UA/MP or ANA/AP?
I was able to upgrade mine a couple months ago without it showing any award seats in RL...trying to see if there's a way to confirm upgrade availability without ticketing first.
Upgrades from TPE to outer Asia destinations weren't available for me either (went to DPS)...but found 20k for the 5 hour flight on older RL setup not worth it seeing that 30k got a full lie flat seat, glass on Dom (when they had it) and double digit flying hours.
Happy travels, and thanks!