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Oct 8, 2009 | 4:33 pm

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Originally Posted by Rsherwin

I'm based in Chevy Chase,MD. Not too far from IAD or DCA. About 35 mins to IAD, 25 to DCA.

I pay for the deep discount tickets -- is this why I'm not getting the upgrades? I figure that the DFW-DCA routes will be tough because it is their most popular route and I fly Monday/Thursday's most times. With that being said -- I figured I'd work my way into a First class upgrade 20% of the time or so..... (without using my upgrade stickers or anything)

No, on AA the fare class is not supposed to matter. What matters is status and the timestamp on the upgrade request. As a result, those with higher status who book farther in advance get the upgrades.

Also, Monday outbounds to hubs, and Thursday/Friday afternoon/evening returns, tend to have more high-status people on board, and those people will get the upgrades before you. I'm generalizing, of course, but you asked...

As far as upgrade stickers....Golds do have to burn them to upgrade, so I'm not sure how you think you would get upgraded 20% of the time without using stickers.

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