I'm flying to ORD today on the 12:40 flight. I'm number 11 on the list for upgrades as an $18K EQD EXP. Two years ago I would have cleared this flight 3 days out, no problem just about every time. Yes I know it's a hub to hub flight but it this solely based on the new revenue based program? I'm not complaining --I have my exit row seat I'm just trying to get an idea of the main reason for this change. Does anyone less than an EXP ever get upgraded ever out of DFW?

FWIW expert flyer has just about every flight to Chicago today zeroed out. What does/should that tell you? AA revenue management is doing everything just right or is there not enough capacity and/or frequency?