Hi all,

Interested in what you all think is my best course of action on this... In early April (7-10 to be exact) I actually have to go to Jakarta for a competition so I'm pretty much treating this as a business trip. As such, I really want to arrive as rested as possible... I'm based at ORD.

Economy Fares are really cheap (around $800) but that is really going to be awful so I'm wondering what my options are.

Should I just buy a PE ticket on JAL or CX? Or is it better to try and use miles to upgrade on AA? I have about 90k AAdvantage miles to burn. Since I'm PLT I would earn a lot of miles doing either of these but my fear with this is buying a ticket on AA in Y and not getting an upgrade...

Alternatively... Should I try for an award ticket in J or F on JAL or CX one way and buy PE on the return?



*note* I'm sorry if this is in the wrong forum! I wasn't entirely sure where to post this!