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Old Nov 3, 2024 | 3:32 pm
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Originally Posted by jelarv
it feels unfair that my "reward" is a standby option that relies entirely on how many other people decide to purchase BC seats on the flights we're on.
This is how it has always worked. SWUs are not based on revenue seats being available.

Nothing has changed here except the advance upgrade space has progressively gotten harder to find over time. This has been going on for a decade.

Why would you spend 5000 USD on coach tickets? Buy the cheap ones and waitlist on that.

Originally Posted by jelarv
Does anyone have advice on how I can use these upgrades for confirmed seats in BC? If not, I'm not sure when I would ever use these upgrades.

Thanks!
Get an Expertflyer membership and start looking for flights. JFK-BCN, CLT-MUC, DFW-FRA are some of the easier ones to find space on.
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