Thanks for the detailed info. AA much better than UA on UGs where it was basically whatever non-elite wanted to pay a couple hundred bucks. My company uses Airpass and I was over 35k EQD last year so a decent spend for not much intl travel.
I'll just roll with the SWU and hope for the best. Flights I'm looking at are a little more than half open in J, but a little worried given Thurs eve departure and Sun 4pm return.