EVA Air: pls post your award ticket/upgrade experience here
Sep 20, 2017, 3:15 am
#226
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Pque, PH
Programs: Hilton HHonors Gold
Posts: 67
TPE->MNL is such a relatively short flight that there won't be that much of a big loss or inconvenience if you don't get the upgrade. In my opinion, it's not worth fishing for that upgrade if I wind up needing to only pay for Economy on that segment. Oh, and TPE->MNL is Premium Laurel, not Royal Laurel.
With meal service, and the potential "circle Manila Bay and/or Clark Airfield waiting to land" you may get only 30 minutes or so of reclined seat time. No time for a decent nap.
The only real advantage of front cabin on that segment is a marginally better (and selectable in advance) meal, and being near the front of the queue for immigration.
The MNL->TPE segment in RL adds the advantage of not needing to pay the $11 USD fee for lounge access. But usually, I like the PAGS lounge better than the contracted EVA lounge, even though the PAGS lounge doesn't have windows.
With meal service, and the potential "circle Manila Bay and/or Clark Airfield waiting to land" you may get only 30 minutes or so of reclined seat time. No time for a decent nap.
The only real advantage of front cabin on that segment is a marginally better (and selectable in advance) meal, and being near the front of the queue for immigration.
The MNL->TPE segment in RL adds the advantage of not needing to pay the $11 USD fee for lounge access. But usually, I like the PAGS lounge better than the contracted EVA lounge, even though the PAGS lounge doesn't have windows.
Apr 16, 2018, 4:10 am
#228
Join Date: May 2006
Location: KSNA/KLAX
Programs: IML GOLD, Bonvoy LTPE, WOH Globalist, AAEXPLT
Posts: 645
I noticed that as of recently the upgrade availability for TPAC flights seems to be moving toward T+4 when last min seats are released, whereas before, T+15 is fairly common even a couple of months ago. Has anyone else noticed this trend recently?
Apr 16, 2018, 4:45 pm
#229
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: YYZ
Programs: Ex-Bonvoyed, Hyatt, Hilton, BR, AC, AA
Posts: 1,289
Yes, I've noticed this trend for the YYZ route. For some routes like ORD, you can still find last min seats released at around T+10.
Apr 22, 2018, 12:21 pm
#230
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: Marriott & SPG Plat, HH Diamond, Accor Plat, ex-Fairmont Plat, ex-Swissotel Eleva
Posts: 710
Does EVA Air open more seats to infinity mileagelands members early than rest of star alliance partners? If so, how much early, and how many more seats typically?
Apr 30, 2018, 12:06 pm
#232
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: SFO
Programs: BR Diamond, Dynasty Flyer Paragon, Marriott Lifetime Plat
Posts: 1,926
One time, they tried calling my US Phone number(and of course it went straight to voicemail) even though my starting destination was SIN and never emailed me for a waitlist. I only found out because I decided to randomly check the night before but got 5k miles for this.
May 25, 2018, 9:48 pm
#233
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 162
Jun 4, 2018, 1:16 am
#235
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: NYC, SEA, TPE
Programs: BR Diamond, B6 Mosaic
Posts: 436
Family and I were upgraded from PE to business on PEK-TPE yesterday. Saw it day of flight when I was trying to check in on the app. First time all three of us have gotten bumped up!
Jul 12, 2018, 7:57 pm
#236
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 2
Was able to redeem a Round trip Business award flight IAH-TPE during Mid-June. Found the ticket both right on T+4 and EVA released them between 9-11pm central time on most of the dates��.Has been monitored the avalibilty 3 times a day since T+25 and nothing showed up until T+4. Only Round trip can be booked using ANA miles. So I booked my ticket on the day I saw availability on my departure flight which is T+4 and select a returning date months always from the actual retiring date I want just to hold the first flight. And I wait until T+4 of my returning flight to finally see the avalibilty shows up and called ANA customer service to change the returning date.
I was lucky that I can travel on the exact date planed during summer time but I was actually kinda nervous it won’t work the same way as I planed. Since I monitored the availability so closely for almost a month, want to share my observation with you all. Hope this can help your search.
I was lucky that I can travel on the exact date planed during summer time but I was actually kinda nervous it won’t work the same way as I planed. Since I monitored the availability so closely for almost a month, want to share my observation with you all. Hope this can help your search.
Jul 20, 2018, 3:09 pm
#237
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: LAX/TPE
Programs: United 1K, JAL Sapphire, SPG Lifetime Platinum, National Executive Elite, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 42,169
Is anyone still getting errors using the online United *A Upgrade Tool to upgrade their BR ticket to RL even when you know space is open?
Jul 25, 2018, 9:16 am
#238
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: London
Programs: Infinity Milage Lands Gold,Star Alliance Gold, IHG Diamond RA, Kimpton Inner Circle
Posts: 370
I have just done an online award ticket booking (first time) for a RL class round trip ticket for November LHR TO BKK it's status is waiting list however the miles have been deducted and credit card charged for the taxes so was wondering if and when the status is likely to change? my status with EVA is Gold if that makes any difference to awards clearing.
Nov 21, 2018, 10:24 am
#239
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: ORD
Posts: 16
Has this happened to anyone else? I am currently on the wait list for 2 biz class award seats (not upgrades). But united is showing saver award availability for two seats in biz for the first segment of my trip . The EVA call center said there was not any award availability and cannot take me off the wait list.... Does EVA make award space available to partners and not to its own customers?