Originally Posted by david_oz

Hi all

what are your thoughts on UA99 MEL-LAX on Jan 1st? I am considering changing into this flight because I have zero chance on my currently booked option of SYD-SFO or anything else leaving out of SYD that day, although I have a very very good chance of PY on my current flight. Change fee plus flight to Melbourne would be approx C$500 in total. Don’t care about respective plus points usage since all 40 will expire at the end of Jan

currently there are 10 seats available with a family of four (literally, FAM) on the list. I guess I have no way of knowing whether me being a 1k on a V fare would be ahead or behind them.