Originally Posted by
thijsseh
The big issue here is upgrade / award availability. I have not done the maths on the relative costs, but if the difference is not material I would buy the J tickets outright (which I do anyway without Skywards+).
And yes: You can check upgrade availability during booking by trying to book a ‘classic award’. These come from the same inventory as the upgrades would come so at that stage you could decide on buying Y and upgrading with miles or buying J straight away if there is no availability.
That is not the case when leaving from Australia. I have tried numerous flights from trying to book a classic reward business, there is heaps available but there is no upgrade available from economy to business even though its the same fare bucket.
It is really annoying when searching. Not sure why this is?