Originally Posted by
Ditto
Why? You can upgrade from any booking class, as long as there is award space available, all that it takes is a phone call to FB...
I've never managed to get ANY transatlantic award space to upgrade in the past 4 years in over 50 of those flights. I always resort to the DoD chance.
Every time I call it's a "Sorry, no availability". Maybe it's better for platinum members, but as Silver and Gold, nada ever.