Originally Posted by
bcm0830
I'm flying LHR>LAX Jan. 1, and there are currently 19 seats open in J. I'm pretty surprised our upgrades haven't cleared, given it's a holiday, and so many seats are available. I'd think that there won't be many business travelers likely to purchase last minute J on Jan. 1. Are folks seeing SWUs clear at the one-week mark in circumstances like this one, or is it all over the map?
I've never seen a magic "1 week" mark with regards to AA releasing C space, more like a magic 24-48 hrs before mark.
That said, for a route like LHR-LAX it's not surprising you haven't been cleared yet in spite of a wide open J cabin. AA's upgrade algorithms typically don't differentiate between a holiday and normal day IME.
Flying ORD-LHR last week, J cabin was showing wide open, only 5 of 28 seats booked for weeks out and of course zero last minute paid J travel at this time of year. No C space until around 30 hrs out when it went to C7 of course.