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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 3:30 pm
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imapilotaz
 
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Originally Posted by mvoight
Now, that's a problem that should be addressed.
If there is space available and nobody left to upgrade, I don't see why AA can't let someone with a FC international ticket into the first class domestic cabin when it has space.
Its an idea that sounds great, but how do they do that? With thousands of flights a day, there is no way for programming (at least economical programming) to create such a push. At which point it becomes manual, and manual processes is where problems happen "they upgraded someone else when it should have been me"...
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