Originally Posted by
bedelman
Thinking about an overnight SFO-JFK, buying coach and very much wanting to upgrade to business class for sleep. This would be on a Thursday night, so peak day for consultants flying back. A few weeks out, flight is F7 A3 J7 D0 I0. Seatmap shows 10/10 available in F and 23/30 available in J, which sounds like great news. But J7 D0 means RM thinks they can sell these seats at full price. At least it's SFO-JFK, rather than LAX-JFK, as AA seems to clear more upgrades on the former. Still, last-minute business travel. Guidance and experience welcomed.
AA EXP, EQD rolling 12-month about $15k
If it were me, I'd probably do a miles+copay to skip the line. That does look like a lot of J seats, but the last 789 flight I took (DFW-LAX) had 53 people on the gate upgrade list.