Originally Posted by
Science Goy
The fare paid on an individual flight doesn't directly affect your upgrade priority; it's based on your rolling 12-month Elite Qualifying Dollar (EQD) spend with AA.
But if by "higher cost original ticket" you mean buy J and request a SWU to F, then yes, you probably have a better shot at getting it
lol, thank you. Okay, so then (based on my understanding of wiki on chances) in order for these people to have skipped me, they must have been: Executive platinum as well, been using an SWU or miles to upgrade, and then boom have been EQD for the last 12 mos?
So if all that is correct, then what kind of magic are they using for the original Upgrade List order then? Because there's no way that person above should be
#21 if I'm
#4 , right? I know I'm overthinking this....haven't gotten much sleep (damn you premium economy lol)