Originally Posted by
sseron
i think one the Cons (or maybe the big one) is now you can share all your courtesy segments with your travel companions in one segment of the travel like MIA-GRU, (black 8 segments shared and BS 14), that is the reason that nowadays you can see more BS and Black on the upgrade waitlist.
It has been always like that. I think family heavy flights like MIA this is very common. The Black/BS travels always J for work and uses the coupons for the family or couple.
Now I have to fly to GRU from the US on Dec 4th afternoon. I don't know either flying from JFK (7 seats left on 789) or MIA (17 seats left on 777). I am black + credit card.