Originally Posted by
jerry a. laska
As long as JFK-SFO does not not have the available space it doesn't matter that DCA-(JFK)-SFO has availability. This is what AA has been doing fairly extensively for the last few years. All you can do is watch the JFK-SFO segment for availability -- you will probably have to call as AA will not automatically move you up if A class opens up, in my experience.
Thanks Jerry, and yes your assessment was my understanding too. Ever since they changed domestic first to D inventory instead of A. And while I agree US Domestic first is the same as most of the world's D class in every way and this was long overdue, AA's IT married segment algorithm is totally incapable of handling multi-class married segments. EF can see it, and while AA probably can see (since that is where EF gets its data) it can't process it as a married segment because the classes are different.
And FWIW, yesterday I checked + and - 7 days on EF for A availability for a week in every month between now and September of 2021 and all JFK-SFO flights are A0 on the 70 days I checked. And while I've played this game for a couple decades, yes I will continue to check EF for JFK-SFO non-married segment A inventory for my travel date and will call AA and waitlist repeatedly in hopes that someone in revenue management will free up A inventory.
I'll keep checking and thanks again for your feedback.