Upgrading Award Ticket
Aug 12, 2015, 7:45 am
#16
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: YOW
Posts: 41
UA J sucks enough to make me want to pay it 
If you booked two one ways, you do it separately and pay twice. If you booked a round trip, you pay once, but you pay 90k miles even if you only get J one way.
Note that if you pay for J, you can also sit in PY if it's available, and request an upgrade at the airport into either cabin.
If you booked two one ways, you do it separately and pay twice. If you booked a round trip, you pay once, but you pay 90k miles even if you only get J one way.
Note that if you pay for J, you can also sit in PY if it's available, and request an upgrade at the airport into either cabin.
Also, I'm not sure what you mean by paying for J and sitting in PY and requesting an upgrade? could you clarify please?
Aug 12, 2015, 11:24 am
#17
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,454
If you pay with J miles, and there are no J seats, but there are PY seats, you can confirm a seat in PY.
For Air Canada operated flights, you can get yourself on the upgrade list once you get to the airport, if you're not confirmed in the cabin you're ticketed in (so if you pay for J and you're confirmed in Y or PY). Then if there are seats available, you'll get an upgrade at the gate.