Originally Posted by
zoobtoob
A quick flip through old email shows that I've been upgraded 5 times between 2009 and 2012 on AC33/34 TPAC as an 35K elite.

I was upgraded a lot for YVR-HKG in that same time frame as E35 as well.
But both of those routes are rare to have an e35k upgrade to J since 2014 due to numerous reasons. More business class purchases, eupgrade devaluation, eup copay, LMU, bid to upgrade, reduction in R space, etc.