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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does this work? You buy the economy ticket and then use mikes to buy an upgrade? How far in advance can you upgrade?[/quote]

It's very rarely actually worth it going this route.  You need two things:

1.  Upgradeable space available.  On long haul international routes this in itself is rare.
2.  To be above others on the waitlist.  It will not surprise you that the waitlist is ordered by status and then by fare paid.  In other words, on a long haul international flight, your $1300 economy ticket isn't getting upgraded.

https://thepointsguy.com/guide/ultimate-guide-upgrades-on-united-airlines/

Flying on a lie flat business seat is pretty amazing, especially on overnight flights if you are the type who can't usually sleep much in an economy seat.  I would get maybe an hour of bad sleep flying on red eyes in economy.  Once I got into the points and miles game, I took my first international business class flight and slept 5 hours of the 7 in flight.  It was incredible, made the first day so much better and allowed us to adjust to the time zone almost immediately.

But as stated in the OP, it's a steep learning curve.  Getting the points actually isn't that hard if you are organized, especially right now with good referrals, you can just ping pong referrals between a couple and easily earn 100k points total for every $5-6k in spending.

It's using the points that gets hard and requires a lot more work.  Finding available award space, figuring out which transfer airlines/partners to use, maximizing transfer bonuses, etc.

Definitely took years to have a deep enough understanding to be able to figure out the best options- each booking is different.

Good beginners guide.

https://frequentmiler.com/start-here/

https://frequentmiler.com/the-games-we-play/ [/quote]

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