Help with christmas flight.

After travelling upper class on a pretty good deal last year I was hoping to do the same this christmas. I see premium economy for $1500 and upper for $2700 - with two of us thats $2400 more - too much.

Ive been reading and researching what i can but I think I can buy the $1500 premium ticket (would this be h class?) then upgrade to an S class (how much would this cost) and then ultimately to a G class?

Or I can buy an S class ticket now for $1800 and hope I can upgrade to a G class - potentially throwing away $300 each ticket if i cant?

Im sorry, im sure this is such a noob question but im a little confused.

I also think i have to pay a monetary cost aswell as the 20,000 miles to upgrade? is this correct? and what is it likely to be? travel would be from IAD to LHR

Thanks!

[buns]

Hi and welcome to V Flyer

The search for Upper Class Reward seats is of course the "Holy Grail" of many a VFlyer (myself included) and if any of us had a sure fire way, we would have published a book to recoup our skills ):

Getting G fares during the Christmas Holiday is an added complication as it is the time everyone wants to travel, so it is understandable that airlines want to maximise their revenue.

I have achieved it by booking a S PE seat and checking every day to see if G seats had been released. This meant at one tags Mrs Buns was travelling in Upper and myself in premium, but as flight day drew lose, I was lucky

buns

So could I just call, book an S over the phone and upgrade at the same time? or do i have to upgrade online?

So could I just call, book an S over the phone and upgrade at the same time? or do i have to upgrade online?

Give them a call and I there is availability they should be able to do it all in one call.