Originally Posted by
OverTheHorizon
Hi all,
We are looking to go to Japan next May/June for about 3 weeks. We have a GUF2 to use up.
Happy to pay for W and upgrade to J.
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But if anyone has suggestions of a cheaper way to get to Japan (mostly) in a flat-bed seat, we'd love to heat them...
Just some advice from what I've learned, remember they stick you with the ridiculous surcharges when upgrading into J when you use a GUF, and sometimes (not always but sometimes - well, most of the time, as it seems, on the routes I have used), by the time you add up the additional surcharges and taxes, it's not very much more expensive/maybe around the same cost to purchase J and upgrade into F. Sounds crazy, I know, but the surcharges are really outrageous going from Y/W to J, and there are no add-ons going from J to F. So, if you can get a cheaper business class fare (perhaps I class), it can come out to be around the same total out of pocket cost, and you go in F.