Originally Posted by
zip10001
As EXP with 4 shinny SWU, I had called the AA Advantage desk last month to request a SWU applied on a trip JFK-LHR-JFK from Y to J (as usual, they asked for Credit Card details for the 'luxury taxes' out of LHR).
luxury taxes??? I had a cleared SWU on a LHR-DFW flight in Dec/2017 and didn't pay an extra penny. and they didn't ask me for my credit card.
about the subject: i learned the lesson last year not to fly on mondays and thursdays domestically because these are the travel days for consultants why fill up (paid) 1st class. this year i had one round-trip: BOS-PHX-TUS-PHX-BOS. cleared 4/4; all flights were full. the outbound BOS-PHX was the last moment upgrade when group 1 had already boarded but on the way back it cleared a couple of days in advance (the flight was also 100% full)