Originally Posted by
beckoa
Quick question for the OP...
Have you tried rerouting thru LAX at all on your DCA trips? AS 5&6 typically have better upgrade odds, plus you might find better seating, for sometimes even cheaper then AS 1,2,3&4?
Otherwise... those last minute purchases do bite... (I typically travel for pleasure, and will purchase my tickets 3,6,9+ months out and get good seating options) and not sure that AS has a viable option for you.
Oh, and you get some extra EQM's on the extra leg, plus an almost guaranteed upgrade SEA-LAX
(and if you time it right, In-N-Out for lunch on the return near LAX
)
After the fact, I did notice that AS 5 and AS 6 are much easier to upgrade. However, if I have to choose between easy upgrade on a UA SEA-IAD nonstop and easy upgrade on an AS SEA-DCA nonstop, I'm picking UA. That's four hours of my life I'm not going to get back if I go AS.
As an aside, that's two hamburger-reference-containing entries from you. Clearly we need to get you to Seattle for some world-class burger action.