Originally Posted by
Caterpillar2025
Any suggestions for maximizing my chances of getting an eupgrade?
I am going to Tokyo from Toronto on a Thursday in November 2025. I am a 25K member with 2 co branded credit cards. 2 pax. I could get latitude economy or premium economy and pay cash. I would prefer to go on the direct flight from Toronto to Haneda. At this time I’ve noticed there are a lot of open seats on this Thursday and quite a few Thursdays from now until that day in November 2025 and the Thursday Haneda business class tickets are often amongst the cheapest for a lot of the upcoming Thursdays.
My options are:
1. AC 1 - Toronto to Haneda - Latitude Economy
2. AC 9 - Toronto to Narita - Latitude Economy
3. AC 3 - Toronto to Vancouver to Narita - could do Flexible premium economy or Latitude Economy
Any help would be so much appreciated!
As this is your first post welcome to FT!
As per the wiki (which is a worthwhile, albeit long, read) priority is Cabin, Status, Fare. So a PY fare will give you a better chance than a Latitude fare. However as a 25K you will be after anyone in PY with higher status. I assume you used the e up function on the website to check for availability? And remember that the seatmap is not indicative of availability. You can also investigate any upgrade purchase options and/or bid upgrade opportunities in the interim. Good luck.