[QUOTE=18wheeler_vanrekt;34159063]If one can start this at LAX/SFO there's also a fair chance of being upgraded to Flagship Business, as you'd be in the highest fare bucket? (Is P higher up than full-fare Y?)

Once the Alaska upgrade certs come out for AA, if they're useable on this flight it may be a great deal to help keep 75k/100k status[/QUOTE

Fare bucket isn't really relevant. Status and then rolling dollar spend (or potentially rolling LP). Only in the highly unlikely case of a tie on both of those would it come up