Thanks, hillrider, I certianly will write a compliment to AA. Of course I requested the F upgrade; my company's TA does it on every res - why wouldn't they - but that didn't clear. There were no available "J" seats so she put me in 42A - not even that bad - coach on a triple isn't that bad. I was of course very happily surprised when I pulled a "J" pass from the machine.