Originally Posted by
Ruber74
New to the forum and hope fully I'm posting in the right section. I'm planning a trip to Bangkok from JFK leaving April 10th & returning on the 20th. I'm looking to try and get into business class and wondering what are my possibilities.
I have 21500 skywards miles with Emirates and 82000 AMEX reward points. I was thinking just purchase a regular economy ticket and upgrade at least one way with the points and the other way hoping for pay upgrade email from Emirates.
I'd appreciate any suggestions or other airline recommendations.
What research have you done yourself?
Do not fully understand your plan.
Buy 2 separate one way tickets and try for upgrades?
One way long haul fares can be very expensive. And can be more $$ than a return
You will not be able to "upgrade" directly with AMEX points
Long haul upgrades to business class are hard with any airline.
Depending on the airline, some low cost economy fares may not be eligible to upgrade.