Originally Posted by
Antarius
Sadly, as javabytes and platbrownguy said, this is more common than it should be. This is an extremely deceptive practice. United (for all its flaws) does a much better job of highlighting mixed cabin trips.
This is a case where the most significant flight should play in. MIA-LAX-HKG with the Longhaul segment in Y should not be classified as a J award.
Deceptive indeed! Now if I may ask everyone's opinion on this. If you needed to be in SCL on a Monday, with the availability to leave Thursday-Sunday before. Would you anticipate this award to change in the next few months, allowing J instead of PE on the MIA -> SCL flight? If you believe it is at least possible, how many months out would you just cut your losses & guarantee yourself on the flight?
I'm stuck between just booking an economy reward round-trip, taking a 14 hour routing from SFO->DFW->SCL. Instead of this 19 hour, one way mixed cabin reward. My main question is, would a bulkhead PE seatbe a significant enough upgrade compared to a round trip economy reward?
I understand I would get to experience a flat-bed on the LAX-MIA route. But I feel like I'd rather fly Y from SFO-DFW, shortening my total trip by 5 hours, than fly SFO->LAX Y, LAX->MIA J..
I get that everyone has different preferences, that's why I'm asking! I haven't experienced a lie-flat before, & haven't flown PE on american. Any opinions are greatly appreciated!