Originally Posted by
rbAA
Nope, used to be VIPOW's which could UPG if a J seat was available. Even when they waitlisted you, AA would show which flights had UPG's available. No more.
I didn't say VIPOW, I said SWU.
I dont know much about VIPOWs - they went away when I was a kid. In the last few decades ish, SWUs have worked as I had described; they aren't positive space.