Originally Posted by shore9
so if I buy an M fare to HNL, I should be able to confirm the upgrade even though there are no I seats open? Is YVR - HNL busy just before christmas?
Out of my own experience your only chance at this time is AC 43/44, which is unfortunately scheduled with a 767, not a 763 (like AC 33/34 & 45/46). AC blocks all J, C and I on these two flights to HNL because they both continue to SYD. They open seats to HNL about 1-3 weeks before departure. I had a similar trouble earlier when I tried to get 2 reward seats in Biz, I had to wait until J opened up (5 days before departure) to have them converted into D.