Originally Posted by
rylan
Chances of clearing would all depend on the flight loads and when you are traveling. It is definitely more difficult since they down-gauged that route form a 747 to 777.
you nailed it right there. life on the JFK-TLV route became tremendously less upgrade friendly after they moved to 777
that route used to be filled with all the good fortunes of UGs and OP-Ups to boot. Now, it's a completely different reality..
maybe another reason to move to AA and their PHL-TLV