Originally Posted by elizadoo

Reason I ask: spouse and I have a long journey ahead of us, two 11+ hour flights. We are booked in J with award points. Our adult child, 25, is joining us on the first 11-hour leg, and then disembarks to travel onwards (bus) to begin graduate school. I originally booked our adult child into Y, also with award points. We parents continue to our destination.

Our adult child has 2 full-size suitcases. After doing some math, I realized it was going to cost only $95 USD to upgrade our adult child to J (2 free bags) in lieu of paying the $300 2nd bag fee-in Y, or shipping the suitcase via an international shipping service. So I paid the $95 and bought the J ticket, instead. Personally, I thought it was a deal....