Originally Posted by
LeviFlight
Thank you both. Unfortunately, I cannot take the 7pm on the Sunday. Was eying that one
. I think I will take the advice and fly UA. Your success on Sundays in the summer has me encouraged. Will wait a day or two to see if other opinions come in. cheers! (Btw: booked Etihad F award for return, excited about that).
Also worth considering if you can't clear an upgrade at booking, I am a fan of booking LH E class (premium economy) and applying a GPU. Seems to have a high success rate on LH and even if it doesn't clear you're in a halfway decent cabin.
Might not be an acceptable price though.