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Old Aug 31, 2022 | 11:20 pm
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Originally Posted by mosfet
Date: Late August
Route: LAX > AKL
Class upgrade: Y > J
Type of upgrade: RU
Status: Gold
Upgrade confirmed - at bag drop

EF was showing this flight 0’d out in all classes and not on sale via Air NZ roughly a week or so
out. Then went back on sale and showed 4+ biz seats. Was pending past online check in.

Stoked considering these are gold status match RU’s!
As a fellow Gold also looking for a Y->BP double RU, thanks for your report. I have watched availability decline down to C2 D0 a few days ago, and have been toying with just going for PE instead (good availability).

It is now 3 weeks out and a small jump up to C3 D2.

Seems a real pity that Y-BP upgrades are considered manually and after PE-BP. All while on an expensive B economy fare (policy).

Nothing cleared (BP or PE) in both directions AKL-LAX back in Jun (double RUs both ways).

Did you consider seeking Y-PE earlier?

Last edited by Thai-Kiwi; Oct 7, 2022 at 4:06 pm Reason: clarify Y-BP upgrades were considered after PE-BP upgrades. Not manually
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