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Old Jul 2, 2018 | 1:43 pm
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Originally Posted by dkc192
The policy is that EXPs on award tickets clear behind all other EXPs looking to upgrade, but ahead of all other elites (PRO, PLT, GLD).
That's not how I read it on AA.com:

Award ticket upgrade priority
  • Upgrades on award tickets will be prioritized after all other 500-mile upgrade requests on purchased tickets within each elite level
  • Companions will have the same priority as the sponsor member
This reads as though all paid tickets with 500-mile requests will be prioritized before EXP's requesting them on award tickets - from CK to GLD.

EDIT: Okay re-reading it, I can see how it might actually mean "we will do this process within each elite level" instead of all elite levels as a whole, then go to upgrading on award tickets.

Clear as mud.
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