Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
You are assuming that there are mileage requests to upgrade from business to 1st; there may be none
When AA is reasonably confident that it has more seats available than likely to be purchased , then it will make some available. It is not a given that there will be
What is the route?
Thanks for the reply. Indeed, I am assuming that there will be Business -> First requests. I was working under the logic that since there were ample First seats available, at some point the airline would decide they are not going to be purchased and upgrade flyers into them. I can't imagine there'd be empty First seats at take-off.
This is a LAX -> JFK flight, 8:00am.