I'm wait listed for an SWU upg on flt 101 (LHR-JFK) on 11/26 (two weeks off). EF had been showing J7 (up to 11/9), now it is J5--but the seat map has 17 empty seats(?). I know that seat maps are not a true barometer of
real availability, but can there be so many unassigned seats?
I have an EF alert for 101, but there have been instances in the past where my SWU upg without getting an "alert" from EF..,.is AA playing "cat and mouse" with 101?
[After requalifying for EXP and then reaching 150K EQM I was able to use 5 of my 6 SWUs [i]at the time of booking, but at holidays: Thanksgiving eve, Christmas and Easter.]
Who knows. I've seen instances where a seemingly wide open flight in J will drop down below J7 (sometimes to J0), but there ends up being plenty of space and upgrades clear, so it was some sort of inventory glitch or AA removing J seats for sale to protect against an oversold Y cabin, etc. Last year I was on a LHR-JFK that was J0 about a week before the flight in spite of the business seatmap only being 1/2 full, ended up with an op-up at the gate as economy was just oversold.