Originally Posted by
pjhaas57
Thanks for the tip -- didn't know at all about the 72-hour window. And I just snagged 4C, 72 hours almost exactly! (Every now and then they bump me into Euro or whatever Business is called...I am upgraded on AA segments via Emerald/ESP status. I wish I knew the secret for making that happen!)
Upgrades to Club Europe are rare, but can be paid for at the departing airport more often than note.
Having got the seat behind the curtain (I presume), keep an eye on that for the next few hours, since there is a propensity for them to move the curtain and thereby cast you out of this seat into another. Sometimes this may be the one behind the curtain's new position, but it could be a middle seat down the back. Once you get to OLCI and printed your own boarding pass you are relatively safe, but even then you could in theory be moved. If you have printed your boarding pass then you won't be able to do anything about it until you get to the airport (on the other hand you may get upgraded), if you haven't printed your boarding pass you are more likely to be moved....