Originally Posted by
ElizaB
I have a united biz card and united explorer. Where are you seeing the 100k reward? I am only seeing 250k from IAH and 200k from LAX. I would prefer July 15-18. Would do July 13-14 for 100k. Will consider flights from IAH, LAX, or SFO. Cruise leaves on July 21st so can't really do anything later than July 18th as all the flights arrive two calendar days later due to crossing the international date line and I would not want to arrive on the date the cruise is leaving in the event flight got canceled.
i would swear I saw availability on the app, but now I don’t… ☹️. I’m sorry to get your hopes up.
i would still test to see if there’s a cash upgrade offer from coach that is reasonable. If not, cancel.
If cash upgrade offer doesn’t help, my next move in a case like this where odds are not too bad would be to buy the one absolute necessity seat with miles for your husband, and then the rest in coach where you apply for mileage upgrades. Others would know better than I, but I would think going via lax would have better upgrade odds than sfo.
on the 16th I see a flight that has PN4 available via lax. If only you had some global services friends with plus points to spare, the upgrades would clear instantly. But I have had times where pz=0 at purchase but pn was greater than 0, and I cleared within the hour or day. At peak season, no way-but July… maybe.
Report back and good luck again.