Originally Posted by MapleLeaf
I am holding a seat to TLV for mid-December, return end of Dec. Flights are J9 C9 Y9 M9 H9... IO. Does anyone know what the chances are of upgrading on this flight?
Would I be better going YYZ-FRA-TLV on AC/LH and taking an upgrade YYZ-FRA and sitting in Y on FRA-TLV?
With no E+, the thoughts of sitting in the back are not fun. FYI I can go out either on the 15th or 16th (Thu or Fri). Anyone have any thoughts on which would be better in terms of upgrade chances (Thu or Fri)? Yeah I know it is very far away, but want to try and hedge my bets a bit.
Thursday would be better. The Friday AC flight tends to have more passengers because:
- El Al does not fly YYZ->TLV on Fridays due to the Sabbath
- Business passengers prefer the Friday night flight as this gets them into Israel on Saturday night, in time for the Israeli Sunday to Thursday work week
My colleagues and myself have yet to be denied an upgrade on the non-stop AC YYZ-TLV route.
CrampedInY.