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Flying PHL-CDG on 9/1. EXP+1, paid Premium Economy with rolling EQD in the mid-$8K range. Returning 9/9 AMS-DFW again in paid Premium Economy and now my EQD's should be in the $9K range. Thoughts?
PHL-CDG is down to J2 and AMS-DFW is J3, so on the surface your chances don't look great. That said, a Saturday flight on a holiday weekend isn't likely to have lots of last minute paid business travel, so I wouldn't give up yet.
For the return, AMS-PHL is C4, so if you wanted to switch you could confirm the upgrades immediately. Depending on fares you could possibly downgrade that from PE to normal economy to offset some/all of the change fee.