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Jan 23, 2019 | 5:17 pm

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Originally Posted by HeyJoeyJoeJoe

Thanks man! None of the five possible flights have PZ or will have it. (Economy ticket is $3,500 for B class from IAD to TPE through SFO)
So Plat/ B Class but no PZ means upgrade is unlikely, right?

Cheers

Correct. Unless you otherwise have a reason to purchase a B class ticket, lowest Economy and paying for the cash upgrade offers, or sometimes just paying for discount Business, are more effective ways to get into the premium cabin. If you are only interested in an upgrade on the IAD-SFO segment, it is extremely likely you will see an offer for $309 at some point before travel.

As jsloan noted, hub-hub travel will almost never see PZ space in advance, especially on peak days. All of my TCON flights so far this year have been D0 at booking. I did happen to see a Tuesday morning BWI-SFO that had PZ though.