Agreed Lan is hard- esp AKL-SCL - also having trouble getting A on SCL MAD flights- In general LA is reluctant to release any A seats - Can have F totally open and will not release anything in A. Also had an issue with them a couple years ago when I was standing by for an A seat on SCL -GRU and they gave it to a J class passenger on an upgrade (I was confirmed D but had an A coupon for the sector) saying they had priority. I begged to differ.

CX A seats on 830 -831 are virtually impossible to get - never seem to have them. Was on waitlist for 3 weeks and could not confirm even with my Invitation status- that has never happened to me before. In the end only got on by standby at CLK. The direct JFK flights seems to be filling up plenty well without us cheap A classers.