Had a trip from CDG-DFW on 12/23, which was scheduled for a 788. “Won the lottery” and hit the 1 in 20 chance of getting the one frame that had PE installed, this losing 8 seats from the mini cabin. AA called Saturday morning, politely asking if we would be akin to moving to a hour later flight and connecting through ORD.
I checked the weather right quick, and said sure of they could get me 6A/7A on the flight, and $1000/ticket.
Done.
Left an hour later, arrived an hour earlier, and netted $2k for making the change. Although now that I think about it, maybe could have got better money with as easy as they gave up the $1k.
Plus the obvious lounge improvement was a bonus as well. The downside is I had booked with a longer layover and was going to meet family at the airport, but oh well. It happens.