Originally Posted by
TOR27
I am looking at booking a trip for 2022 on a widebody with instant upgrade to J on points. My options are booking Premium Economy (Flexible) or Economy (Latitude), both with ability to auto upgrade. Booking the Economy ticket would be far less points to use albeit more eUpgrades than PE (4 vs 2), but the one thing I was wondering was whether there was any benefit to booking the PE fare in terms of protecting against potential downgrade from J due to unforseen circumstance? It would at least protect the PE seats for the trip if that happened was my thought but is that a real risk? Could save a lot by going Economy Latitude here...
Yes, if you book PE there are some advantages: you are guaranteed at least a Premium Economy seat if something happens; also, your upgrade priority would be higher than anyone in economy (which could also come in handy if things go wrong somewhere along the line--which these days happens a lot). Neither one is a massive risk, but both are certainly possible.