American Airlines has informed us that as of tomorrow June 5th, AA will be removing the ability to view X & R upgrade inventory which will affect channels, including ExpertFlyer.com.
Here is the official statement from American:
American is now processing all upgrade requests through a single queue, ensuring upgrades are awarded in a manner that is fair and consistent for all of our AAdvantage customers. Customers may request upgrades when making their reservations, or at any point prior to travel by visiting My Reservations on AA.com.
As such, starting tomorrow X & R classes will be removed from the AA Award & Upgrade search. In addition, any Active Flight Alert for X or R on an AA flight will be changed to Expired.
Please note this change does
not affect A/C inventory, only X/R. There is currently a thread in the AA forum on the subject here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ty-x-r-aa.html
Thank you for your understanding in this matter and continued support of ExpertFlyer.com