Upgrade on Classic Award (points club)

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There seems to still be about a 35,000 point penalty for putting in for a Y>J upgrade on a classic redemption (accounting for cancel fee).

But just wondering - would this still earn as X or U for status credits on points club? Gut feel is that it would be X, any data points?
 
There seems to still be about a 35,000 point penalty for putting in for a Y>J upgrade on a classic redemption (accounting for cancel fee).

But just wondering - would this still earn as X or U for status credits on points club? Gut feel is that it would be X, any data points?
Upgrade will earn at economy rates.
 
Gee that is a terrible use of points then. I guess you may have a better last minute chance than a U seat getting released though.
 
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Gee that is a terrible use of points then. I guess you may have a better last minute chance than a U seat getting released though.
Indeed. I only ever did one of these once and that was SYD-HNL coming out of COVID and I was a QFF Points Killionaire ...
 

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