Originally Posted by vinnmann
I have been a DL flyer for a few years. However, I am currently reconsidering my options. I take between 4 and 6 MCO-Italy a year, and a couple of leisure domestic trips. Most of the international trips are last minute short trips with no Saturday night stay. Therefore, if I switched to US, I would be flying on B fares. I like the idea that on US, they only charge 10k miles to upgrade international to Europe with Y or B fares wheras DL wants 25k for equivalent fares. My main reason for staying with one carrier is to be able to get international upgrades with miles.
How generous/stingy is US with making Envoy seats available for mileage upgrades?
Are day of departure upgrades possible on US?
I have flown over 20 transatlantic trips with US Airways. Out of those 20, I paid for F on 3 of them and J in about 7 of them. My upgrade success rate with both restricted and full-fare booking codes has been 100%.