Originally Posted by upgrader
...would I be wasting the extra 60K needed for F due to the fact that these routes are not likely to have many F opportunities?
I would only go with an F award if MOST of your flights have -new- AF first class available. Otherwise, J will be fine!
In fact, on KE's ICN-SYD and SYD-ICN flights there is no first class. There is a first class cabin, but you cannot book it. J revenue tickets and sweet-talkers can get up front on the 744.
We tried but failed.
But, we did convince them to let us sit up front (rather than upstairs) on ICN-BKK!
MissBumpMe! and I took a J trip, and have no regrets EXCEPT for wasting time in PPT. (The AF flights to get to/from there were great, though!)