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Old Sep 13, 2022, 2:19 pm
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Antarius
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Originally Posted by ghsbass0406
Definitely go with the SWUs. While I'm lucky to have flexible travel availability, This past year I've been able to clear at booking: DFW-EZE, EZE-DFW, LHR-DFW, JFK-MXP, MUC-CLT, JFK-DEL (that was an insane clear at booking) along with ORD-ATH x 2 the day before departure. There is still use for them and 85k miles will only get you a MileSAAver business long haul (which tends to mirror C class availability anyway).
Second this. I have never missed a SWU upgrade as an EXP (and only missed one when I was PLT in my first year of work (SWU gifted to me by a coworker).
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