Originally Posted by
Pseudo Nim
+1, Asian carrier DO NOT UPGRADE for free. The attitude in the East is, "you want it - you pay for it". I've had literally zero success as AC Super Elite on Asian carriers to upgrade to anything (except very regional flights, like HND-GMP, where PY becomes selectable at checkin).
Maybe Y was oversold on my JFKNRT sector so they opened it up for me? Or maybe ANA has opened this benefit to *G beyond their own elites?
https://www.ana.co.jp/wws/fr/f/asw_c.../platinum.html
But seems odd that I had to ask on the HNDYVR if that were the case.