Originally Posted by
Mr. BoH
This fact pattern strongly suggests to me that AA is opening upgrade space one seat at a time and skipping us because we are a pair. I suppose it is possible that people are buying cheap upgrades one at a time, or that there are CK/EXPs above me getting cleared, but the tiny upgrade list in #4 suggests that isn't the case. Is there a way to "separate" us such that we would be eligible to clear advance upgrades one at a time in the 96 hours prior to the flight?
That is exactly what is happening. You can call in and split the PNR into two then link the two PNRs for the upgrade (there may be a way to note the split). I
think that should work for the solo processing, but I haven’t done it in a while so I don’t recall if this approach will work.
Alternatively, split the PNR, don’t link off the bat and re-link after your upgrade presumably clears at the window.