I booked a bottom-of-the-barrel ticket for this coming Tuesday as a mileage run, and I routed it through JFK as I try to do whenever possible. I've never missed an upgrade on United's "premium service" routes, thanks to the 26 business class seats they have, which make for a comfortable ride. Well, the harsh reality…
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I've got a trip to the West Coast that may wind up in back this coming week (outbound, the return looks good).
My horrible memories of cross-country in Y last June are all too fresh in my mind to do it again. Egads.
"Will I be stuck flying coach coast-to-coast?"
I have a hard time sympathizing after just doing my SYD MR :).
Dont the PS Y seats at least have in-seat power? (from what I remember)
i hope you do get coach both ways. it's important to see how the rest of us fly. you don't always have to fly in first.
Coins, you said ' thanks to the 26 business class seats they have'.
Pre- PS service, when UA flew the old 767's, if I recall correctly, there were 32 - 36 biz seats available for upgrade. In those days, as a PremEx, you cleared 75 - 90% of the time.
Less seats = less of a chance for an upgrade on the 75's