Originally Posted by
FinnTheHuman
For those that got successfully upgraded on Germany to SFO routes
jasonp622 kittiyut (FRA-SFO, MUC-SFO) how did the available fare classes look like at booking time? I'm flying to SFO one-way soon (big move) and would really like that flight to be in Polaris... I have 40 PP that'll expire EOY that would be nice to use. Had good success in the past pre-pandemic but that's a long time ago... wondering what numbers one should look for atm to get great chances for an upgrade. And maybe what day of the week is best, if you have past experiences too. I see some available flights with comfirmed upgrades next week (before the grand reopen on November 8) but only waitlists after. No sure if that has to do with it just being more than a week out, or with the US border reopening on November 8 to Europe.
I flew FRA-SFO on Oct 24th and few days before the flight it was 45/60 booked and I was 20th in the upgrade list (as a 1K with the cheapest booked fare). Something must have happened but 10 more people behind me in the list (everyone) ended up upgraded and I believe there were even couple of seats empty both in Polaris and Premium Economy Plus.
I was booking the flight in the middle of september and I never seen any PZ space on any of the trans-atlantic flights.