Originally Posted by
TLopes
I am 1k and will be traveling with 2 children. I have never traveled this route. I see there are 2 flights from Chicago (NRT and HND), one from Houston and one from Denver. I am planing to travel on a Wednesday and return on a Saturday. Unfortunately premium plus prices are ridiculous for my dates. I read above that Houston may be my best bet. Does that hold true for August? Any realistic chance of getting upgraded? I would really appreciate any guidance / strategies on how to increase my chances of upgrading with points. Thank you!
Your best bet is always to look at the available fare buckets. As a 1K, I suspect the fare class that is most relevant to you is going to be PZ, since that is the fare class that is used for 1K plus points and everyone for mileage upgrades. If PZ (or whatever upgrade bucket is relevant to you) says 0, then you're going to be waitlisted.
Whether you'll get off the wait list is not something anyone could ever answer with certainty. It becomes a probabilities game related to demand on the route, competition with other elites, etc. Maybe someone else here can make a somewhat informed speculation about that. I don't know the route well enough to say what the prior trends have been.