Originally Posted by
precielous
Will F have a spot available for an upgrade at the airport? I will be flying LUX–ZRH–YUL early April, and will be spending a night in ZRH (~17h layover).
I don't know how well F sells in this particular route. Also, what's the usual same-day airport C → F upgrade price like?
Asking because I bought LX C with Aeroplan points, so the same-day cash upgrade at the airport is the only upgrade option for me.
Want to think about if the price is going to be worth it, especially since the prospect of F accessibility is becoming grim starting 2025. (So far, official only in A333, but you know what I mean...)
I was offered an upgrade at check-in. Not at the initial check-in when my very first leg (LUX-ZRH) opened up – so I made a decision to only check in the LUX-ZRH one, and see what happens. I checked right around T-24h for the ZRH-YUL leg, and I was offered an upgrade to F with 1359 EUR which I bit. (I bought C on award, so my cash expenditure was within the tolerable limit, at least for F. That, and there is that news that F will shrink from 8 to 4 in A333…)
So I guess the same-day airport upgrade may not be the only available option even for partner award C tickets!
EDIT: Forgot to say – when I was in LX F, there were only two people in F. One in 1A, and me in 2K. Got a lot more personalized attention as a result of this. Surely I got lucky! I checked EF, and turns out, both ZRH-YUL LX F for 4/2 and 4/4 were both full. I happened to fly on 4/3, and voilą, only 2 people in F.