Originally Posted by
Vixit
Pre-Covid, a man in front of me at the counter in YUL was offered C to F for CAD 1200 and took it. I was subsequently offered the same but declined. At boarding, my boarding pass beeped and I got an Op Up due to overbooking. I was happy with the upgrade, but I was also annoyed that their first attempt to resolve their overbooking was suggesting people to fork out more money.
I would have declined here as well if I were you, considering this was the YUL → ZRH direction. Will be spending most of the time sleeping anyway, so J would suffice. But certainly I won't say no if free upgrade were to be offered.
I would be tempted to fork out $ for the other direction cuz of the ZRH ground experience. Even more so as I expect it will be harder to get an upgrade (especially as someone who will most likely use Aeroplan to get LX J) with the new LX F changes coming in 2025.