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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

That's the rub. You usually dont' hear until a day or two before. Rarely, they will announce it a few weeks in advance if busienss class is really empty.

I current have 4 United flights to/from Europe in June and July. One direction in July just had the upgrade clear. The others are all "waitlisted". All are miles upgrades.[/quote]

What is your status?  Don't make an average person feel like this is a reasonably achievable option.[/quote]

You don't need status to buy upgrades with miles. It doesn't even come to into play. Sounds like PP is using stickers/systemwide upgrades (or whatever non-AA airlines call them). But anyone can call up and purchase with miles at anytime. Those come out of a different fare bucket.

You probably know all this, mostly posting for others.[/quote]

Yes, but you are talking about booking non-saver award tickets, which take a very large amount of miles (like 150k one way in business to Europe, 200k one way in business to Australia).  Those are almost never worth the required miles.

It's the search for saver award tickets that is the real challenge and takes a lot of time and effort, but that's where the real value is in the game.[/quote]

No, I'm talking purchasing economy fares then using miles (plus a possible copay) to upgrade.[/quote]

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