Originally Posted by
jasonvr
First time with any real AA status (obtained via Instant Status Pass promo with Hyatt). Plat Pro flying SNA-DFW-IAD and back. Outbound on Tuesday, return Wednesday. Got an email basically 72 hours out (today) getting upgraded on the DFW-IAD segment (SNA-DFW is basically sold out and I think I may have bought the last seat with a booking code of Y). What's weird is that I also got the upgrade for IAD-DFW-SNA already even though that's further than 72 hours out... Is this normal?
Not normal but it does happen every now and then where you'll get an upgrade before the window should open.