Originally Posted by
pgh234
I regularly fly a regional route where I get over 90% upgrades on early morning flights as a Plat. However, I have never once received my upgrade before T-24. There could be a total of 15 people on the entire E-175 and they will not release upgrades before T-24. It is nuts.
They should absolutely hold off on upgrading as many people as possible as long as possible on E-175 flights. As one who occasionally buys tickets very close to departure, the availability of an A seat in F on an E75 makes a difference as to whether I will buy F or not.
I have no beef with AA upgrading people to F once everyone who might want to buy F has been given a chance to buy F. Upgrading people ahead of time runs the risk of a potential paid F purchaser choosing a different flight or different carrier.
And, again, on an E75 where some F seats are MUCH better than other F seats, this arguably matters even more.