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Old Feb 5, 2020 | 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by jomama341
Is there a rule of thumb as far as how many seats JAL opens to AS in J when AS shows availability or is it a total crapshoot? Looking to upgrade a couple Y tickets to J (AS currently shows availability), but I'm currently waiting on some Bonvoy points to transfer over to AS to complete the upgrade and wondering what my odds are that the J seats will get snatched before then. JAL shows a healthy amount of cash fare availability in the cabin for the same flight FWIW.
Just so you know, that’s not an upgrade. You will be reissuing a different award and subject to change/cancel fees (waived for Gold/75K).
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