Originally Posted by
AlwaysAisle
Are you looking to do day of the flight upgrade? Why not purchase F now?
What is the date? Do you have OneWorld status? During weekdays HND-FUK can have good number of business traffic, where if you do not have OneWorld status then there is good chance there will be OneWorld elites ahead of you on the list. During weekends there should be less OneWorld elites.
One example, when I flew HND-FUK 777 flight on Yokoso fare few years ago on weekday, no F on Yokoso fare. I asked for F availability at the check-in, F was full, no availability, did standby. At the gate one F seat became available, I was OneWorld Emerald at that moment and I was #1 on the list, I got one F seat which became available at last minute.
I'm flying on a Japan Explorer pass fare, so has to be day of flight.
No status, and it's the noon flight on Wednesday Oct 23rd, so sounds like I'll have to be lucky to find an open F seat from the sounds of it. Hopefully Class J if no F, but no big deal if I can't get the upgrade.