Originally Posted by
Herb687
AA should not be clearing many upgrades prior to D-30 minutes at the gate. AA needs to hold back as much inventory as possible for last minute paid F bookings and/or for IRROPS reaccommodation of paid F passengers.
This is not human intervention. This is a machine algorithm that uses past data and once certain thresholds are met - processes the upgrade.
Could they change the thresholds? Sure. But that would just make upgrades more difficult across the board for the exceptional cases, like what you mention.