Originally Posted by
Kacee
I'm very familiar with how revenue management works, and with this route in particular, which I've been flying more or less weekly for the past two years. AA is just being way more stingy. Nearly as bad as UA now. Continuing devaluation of elite status because they feel they can, whereas AS actually still cares about keeping its frequent flyers happy.
Are those flights going out with any empty F seats when you don't get an UG? If not, it is clear they are managing the inventory according to their prioritization rules. They are not denying you an UG if you don't get one, there were just higher priority pax on the flight (paid F, higher rolling spend EXPs).. I'm pretty sure AS is following their own prioritization rules to fill their F seats in a similar fashion.