Originally Posted by miadukes

I don't have a choice as to buying as someone else is picking up the tab for a work event and its cheapest only. They have in the past paid to get me a window seat but definitely not first class. I saw that the amount of stickers needed equaled almost the amount of just getting the first class ticket and I considered paying the difference but there goes a good chunk of my pay that week so my other option that i seriously started to consider after posting was perhaps doing the miles upgrade 15k plus 175 is it? Will that work for both segments? so I would only have to do 30k plus 350 in total?

I'm looking at right now leaving on 8/18 and flying back on 8/26 or 8/27. But most likely 8/26. I initially wanted to connect through DFW so I can use the lounge there but keep reading that that is an elite heavy hub so wasn't sure if only being gold would get me the upgrade. Either way maybe I will wait and they will shift down in price a bit, they normally don't ticket me till right about 2 months before the event so I still have about 3 weeks left.