Originally Posted by
moonwoo
Do you know if the PEK route is low volume? I travel to Korea several times a year and in October, I decided to fly through PEK on the way back (PEK-DFW). My upgrade (miles plus copay) cleared a few days prior to departure but that J class was completely empty. I was in the back cabin of the 788 and I was the only one except for someone who appeared to be one of the FAs mother. I also walked through the entire J cabin to find only 3 people in the front cabin also... That was a huge contrast to the DFW ICN which was completely full
In my totally anecdotal opinion, PEK, PVG and NRT are much easier to clear upgrades than ICN and HKG. I assume there is enough volume to make them profitable (otherwise AA wouldn't fly to PEK from LAX, DFW and ORD), but seem to find the upgrades much easier to clear.
I think between the fact that there are 3 flights to PEK + tons of capacity from Air China/Eastern/Southern/Hainan, there is less demand for a single flight.