Originally Posted by
econ
I've seen the Y to J upgrade price <$300 to/from SFO at times. The upgrade price is normally cheaper than the fare delta from Y to J, although no LPs using that method.
Same, on JFK-LAX where the J cabin has been fairly open, I’ve seen the upgrade price as low as roughly $200, on flights I’ve still scored a complimentary elite upgrade, and $300 on flights where I did not.
Originally Posted by
fly747first
I have seen it as low as $212 from Y to J
Thanks all, I was offered and accepted a Y to J upgrade for $291 on a base Y fare of $170 for for a total of $461 vs a J fare of ~$715 IIRC. Y to F was also available for $581, so ~$750 all-in vs an F fare of ~$1200-$1250.
Edit: figured this was worth mentioning as well, but AA J was already by far the lowest lie flat fare on the route, so paying ~2/3 of the J fare is pretty incredible IMO. I would have normally flown UA and UA's PE fare for the last flight on the same day, which still wasn't late enough for me, was over $700 as well, so to go from a larger recliner to a lie flat at 2/3 the cost is probably the best value in transcon flying available