Flight upgrade
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NYC suburbs
Programs: UA LT Gold (BIS), AA LT Plat (CC SUBs & BD), Hilton Dia (CC), Hyatt Glob (BIB), et. al.
Posts: 3,001
Welcome to FT. There are several ways to upgrade or get a biz class award seat with miles or points. Those ways invariably require many more than 16K points or miles, likely at least 4-5 times as much (as 16K) for 1 ticket. Many different forums and posts here discuss those exact subjects.