Originally Posted by
econometrics
AA81 (LHR-DFW) was C7 for at least 48 hours before departure this past Monday (22 Oct) when I flew it.
More elusive now, sure, but it's not relegated to less popular routes alone, or acts of the Divine.
Well looking at 2019 and it doesn't looks good for so far. AA is just getting to be more like UA now where you can play the lottery of trying to book something and hoping the upgrade clears. Gone are the days of being able to find C space prior to booking unless you are booking close in (or fares that are crazy expensive - I often find C space only to find out the Y fare is close to J pricing anyways on dates C shows up).