Originally Posted by
dwugson
Having been in the same situation several times I've booked J and been able to upgrade to F within two weeks of departure - in all cases for two people. Otherwise I've found it difficult to secure an upgrade when requesting in advance.
For the upgrade, did you just pay the difference between J and F in miles? i.e. I think J is like 200K miles one way, while F is 272K (for 2 people)... so just would need 72K miles transferred over. Was it a very straightforward process, 2 weeks out? (i.e. online or call).