Originally Posted by
washeelers747
amen, and AA never almost release DCA-JFK afternoon award flights even 300ish day out. So, not much options left other than buy separate AA DCA-JFK ticket or utilize Amtrak to NYC, then LIRR/Air Train to JFK.

So True. Not just JFK, but DCA-LAX as well which seem to be very hard to get upgrade/award space on. And, of course, with more and more int'l options exLAX, it just is getting to be very difficult for us DC flyers.