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Feb 13, 2015 | 10:25 am

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSunnyInPHL

Hi all. Brand new here, and new to flying anything other than Coach, so please bear with me!

I have a solo trip coming up in a few weeks from PHL to SFO. I already booked it as Coach, but the more I'm thinking about it, it would be real nice to be able to fly first class (for the first time!) since the flight is over 6 hours. But never having upgraded at all before, I'm not positive how it all works.

From what I've gathered, these are my options:

Upgrade using Dividend Miles: According to the site, I can upgrade at the cost of 10,000 miles plus $150. (The flight is ~2300 miles)
Wait until check-in to see if an upgrade is available: But I have no idea what that $$ fee would be at the time of purchase. (Any ideas?)
A third option that I'm unaware of?

Any advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated!

PHL-SFO on US, is a very tough route to upgrade with cash or miles as this is a heavy business route, unless you are taking a red-eye flights or on a sat or early sunday flight I wouldn't expect any type of offer..