danapop

Is it worth it? Its a 6am flight, but I usually find the E90s pretty comfortable. Perhaps I am just anxious to burn the eUps since I am newly minted...

SFO777

Depends how many you have and what other trips you are planning before the end of the year. If you are rationing them, I'd use them on the longer west bound return (dinner and drinks) flight, or TPAC/TATL.

hydrogen

What status are you? What routes do you normally fly? What is the seat availability looking like? Where are you currently sitting?

You're going to need to answer all these in order for us to determine if it would be a good use of your credits. But at the end of the day, it is ultimately your call.

canadiancow

Agreed.

I'm sure there will be people here who would say that anything in North America isn't worth it. For me, all my flights are in NA, and I upgrade myself on every AC flight (or at least try to), but I fly M so I have the credits.

danapop

E35 (just minted last week). I will hit E50 at the send of this week, E75 but August 1 and maybe if I am lucky SE by the october deadline.

The bulk of my travel is YEG-YYZ or YEG-YUL or occasional YEG-YYZ-YVR. I sent in a cost analysis last week to my employer about flight passes basically showing cost neutral with increased flexibility so I expect that to be approved.

Right now I am sitting in 12a. And r=2 right now.

canadiancow

If you're going to be switching to what I assume are M flight passes, that should significantly decrease how many eUps are necessary.

Will you have enough to upgrade all your flights this year? If not, I'd save these 10, and use them to upgrade 2.5 future trips on M fares (as those will only require 4).

hydrogen

Yes, as mentioned, can you use up ~100 credits by 02/14 (assuming you compound E35/50/75 credits)?

If you can't use them all, upgrade.
If you can use them all, don't upgrade.

Also, do you like omelets? I also believe that AC doesn't serve alcohol on such early flights.

yeg2where

If most of your flying is between YEG and YYZ/YUL, why not, what else are you going to use them for? (although its definitely worth using them for red eyes)

For me, it depends what the rest of your day looks like and how much sleep you will have had. I dont usually eup NA, but have between YEG and YYZ twice this year. I figure for the 6 am flight, I will have had 4 hrs sleep max, given the time it takes me to get out to the airport. If I have to be functional later in the day, its worth it to me..

slashd0t

Considering TPAC routes for upgrades are nearly 3 times the price over Flex over Tango, I've started just burning my eUps on YEG-YYZ or YEG-YOW as I know I can't use them going to Asia. I still find Flex fares to be reasonable on going TATL, but, I find more Asia trips in my future than Europe.. Which of course begs the question.. Why the hell am I flying AC? Yeah, that's changed now and going forward i'm a UA customer going to Asia 5-6 times a year.

Let's all vote with our wallets.

nave888

I agree with the comment that if you will be switching to a flight pass, don't bother spending 10 credits where you will soon be able to use fewer.

Also, which flights do you normally take? I've noticed certain flights are impossible for me to upgrade, and others seem to clear all the time. I do YEG-YUL-YEG regularly, and find 176 eastbound to always clear, but 143 westbound to almost never clear. I think it's worth it for you to check if you're going to be on the same flights regularly. No point saving credits if the flights you're going to be taking always seem to have full J cabins a week out! There's alot of variation on routes based on time of flight and even day of week, so if you're doing the same route, worth checking.

J on the E90 is nice- if you can get a single seat. I find it easier to work on my laptop, and the food is usually not bad, especially considering you probably won't want to hang around the MLL much at 5 am! That being said, I don't mind Y on the E90 either, so if it makes sense for you to save your credits, you're not doomed to a tight middle seat in the back row! Plus, it's eastbound, usually shorter, and it's early enough that you'll probably just want to sleep!

YQMer

If you're going to fly all of that this year and get early recognition on the new statuses, then you'll have loads of e-Ups so I would upgrade without question. They'll all expire by Feb 2014, and you'll be kicking yourself if you have any expire.

Someone said they don't serve alcohol in the mornings, but they do--likely not on the cart though since people normally don't want alcohol at 6 am.

hydrogen

Where do they hide it? I haven't heard of/seen it on early morning flights. Even the MLL doesn't serve until, what, 10/11am?

canadiancow

Do we have any evidence that these will stack this year?

susan6103

I would try to upgrade. Doesnt always mean that your upgrade will come through when you want it. I am also E35 and recently tried to use it after a long flight MUC-YEG. My upgrade did not come through as there were many others with higher status that got upgraded before me.

YQMer

No, but--even with all that has happened over the past few years--I would be surprised if they didn't stack. They always have, even with eUps before. It's too much of an IT challenge to claw them back likely, and no one has likely thought of it (until your and my posts)