Originally Posted by
JC1976
I have black status and have 3 segments remaining so got 5 upgrades out of 8. Last year got all 8 upgrades. Now that bids and instant upgrades accumulates miles and points the value of segments isn’t really there anymore since bidders can just jump the line. Or ideally to book way in advance in business.
in my opinion more than the bidders having higher priority (i barely see bidding activity in long haul which is what I care about), its the new 787-8 with only 20J down from 30J. For example I had a LA533 next month, it was a 787-9. There were 12J available T-45 and i bought Y. T-40 LATAM changed equipment to a 787-8 with retrofitted 20J. Now there is only 1J seat (also, how stupid is to have only 1J available for sale T-40 in a corporate heavy route as SCL-JFK-SCL. Huge lost amount of revenue there. Also, LA532 the day before has 3J so its not cause the incoming flight is empty)