Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SCL, MCT, LGW and a variety of 1W lounges in between.
Programs: BA Mucci (Seigneur et Ingenieur des Appareils Volants (Gold)), QF (WP and LTG), AA EXP, GF Gold
Posts: 3,931
BA A class
Hi,
BA do not book the full J2RT upgrade to first over the other A class tickets. A class has to be available at the time of booking. BA has quite good loads in F most of the time at the moment and certainly something like LAX has always been full when I have been on-board.
Last year's figures for the J upgrade offer were 3500 pax taking advantage. This is less than one per longhaul flight during the offer period (OK, 1 was me, but don't worry, it was somebody else paying otherwise I would have done a cheaper deal).
Remember to waitlist in all sides of a 1W codeshare. Sometimes the other will come up earlier and you can take that. Remember to get your "entitlement" entered into the system. That way you can be confirmed D and then take the spare F seat on the day, not just travel in D with an empty F seat available.
As for LAN, well there is some A availability but the QFs are always trying to get a QF A seat on the SCL to NZ/Australia and that takes some doing. However, if you can get the LA seat allocated then all you are arguing about is bonus mileage.