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Old Sep 21, 2016 | 9:10 am
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Originally Posted by booyun
Looking to fly out either Sat, Dec 31st or Sun, Jan 1st JFK to LAX. Planning to book Y and use miles + copay.

Which day would give me a better shot? And I'm assuming chances get slimmer for midday flights (in other words book early morning or late night)?

Trying to book for 4 if that matters. We are all PLATs.
There's a great chance that either date you select you'll have a pretty high shot of getting the upgrades for all four. It has nothing to do with it being midday but rather that you're looking to travel on dates that are holidays and most already want to be at their destination for. If anything you might have a harder time with 12/31 flights that arrive into LAX with a good amount of time for people to be where they need to be to ring in the new year.
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