Ring a bell. I did it!
I booked us business class international round trip tickets (actually open jaw). I saw the price was like 2.3x economy, which was a way lower ratio than I’d seen before on my route.
Just in time too, apparently, because a couple of days after I reserved the tickets the price doubled.
We’ve opportunistically upgraded before, but this is the first time I’ve bought business class up front.
Now I don’t have to renew my Economy Plus subscription - at least for a long while.
I’m impressed! I just couldn’t do that ... just booked our tickets for a 7-week trip to Greece & Amsterdam. The difference between booking economy vs Premium Economy was over $3K for the two of us because we could get an award ticket in economy, but not in any other class. Business Class was almost $6K more. We can buy a lot of extra days on this trip for $3-$6K, so we’re going to suck it up and go coach. We’re even trying two low-cost carriers for some of the flights - Transavia and WOW Airlines.