Two-phases upgrade for CX flight?
 

Hi All

I am new to AsiaMiles and is still trying to get my head around. I read the reward chart (https://www.asiamiles.com/am/en/redeem/charts) and saw below example (as to redeem One Class Upgrade Awards in Award Zone S):

One-way upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy Class: 5,000
One-way upgrade from Premium Economy to Business Class: 5,000
One-way upgrade from Economy to Business Class: 12,500

My question is, is it technically possible to upgrade your seat twice, by firstly upgrade to PE, then BC, in order to save yourself 2,500 miles? I was not sure if the rule prevents me doing so, nor do I know what challenge could arise in reality even it is theoretically possible.

Apology in advance if the question is repeated - any pointer of the old threads would be appreciated.

Cheers
Zoe

No, and please kindly read the FAQs stickied on the top of the forum. Welcome to CX and AM.

I would add some info based on something that happened to me recently.

I wanted to upgrade from Economy on a flight from HK to Seoul. I had already ticketed my flights in K class which is upgradeable.

However, my outbound flight had no PE, so I could only to economy to biz; while the return flight had PE so I could only do economy to PE ... which meant I COULD NOT do this online for some reason, and when i tried ringing up, could not get the "return" rate for the upgrade just the much more expensive 2 x one-way upgrade. Really irritating.

I'm afraid that's the same for straight redemption too. Disadvantage of using Asia Miles.