Originally Posted by
trooper
I can't even find South Africa to Australia on the upgrade chart... In fact Oceania doesn't appear at all! The 40000 from Southern Africa is to Southeast Asia (the ONLY destination given from Southern Africa which seems weird) If that is correct anyway it would only seemingly apply to Y and B booking classes... for the same upgrade from other booking classes it seems to be 55000? Star Alliance upgrade rewards are IIRC notorious for often requiring high booking classes.... I can't comment on availability, I started looking at them and the high cost/high booking classes required put me off....
I'm looking at this:
55000 miles is fine with me too, I want to burn up all my Lufthansa miles. I will be likely on the highest fare structure anyway. I just want to mainly know about how the upgrade process and how it works - when I get confirmation etc. Or else whether I should be booking award seats outright on other airlines or indeed paying for J.
Thanks