<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mhtaipei:
There must be thousands of AA elites waiting to be upgraded or use their SWUs on every flight -- which kind of defeats the purpose doesn't it? </font>
That's not my experience. I've found it easy enough to use VIPOWs on most flights when booked a reasonable amount of time in advance (~30+ days, typically).