Originally Posted by
pauleeepaul
no. You can use aa miles to get an ay award ticket in j. There is no cross airline upgrade awards in ow. There is anecdotal evidence that status in one ow airline might help in getting an operational upgrade on other ow carriers- only when op ups are necessary (ie y oversold), and presumably after all of their own same level elites are so accomodated first.
you are absolutely right, just returned from jfk-mad-nap-mad-jfk
and i got upgraded twice to business plus, not bad for a $700 ticket. Also i got upgraded on aa nrt-dfw thanks to cx diamond