Originally Posted by
LowValueCustomer
I've always been able to select premium economy seats for myself and a companion immediately after booking, assuming there are 2+ seats available. Last two trips, the app has been refusing to let me check in online and stating that I owe seat selection fees, which is a nuisance but the AS agents have taken care of it at the airport without issue both times.
I meant the experience with companion First Class upgrades, not premium economy. Does anyone have any data points on if AS has started letting higher AA elites (Plat and up) upgrade a companion (with no status) to First Class? The AA website here (
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...a-airlines.jsp) still shows:
"
^Initially this benefit only applies to the AAdvantage®
status member. Later, AAdvantage Executive Platinum®
, AAdvantage Platinum Pro®
and AAdvantage Platinum®
members will be able to extend this benefit to 1 companion traveling on the same flight and in the same reservation."
AS elites have been getting first class upgrades on AA for a while now, where's the reciprocity?
Thanks