Long overdue intel that's LAX-TPE centric. Was able to redeem 2 J tickets D-30 days to departure. Looking now, seems like they are back to hoarding mode, and D-14 for J. Plenty of Y, which is pretty good value for a direct. They system was very schitzo, one day it was gone, the next day it was back. For this reason, I have not tried the *A upgrade method for some time.