Originally Posted by
pistonsdc
At the risk of getting flamed, I'm going to add my anecdote to the pile here. I understand revenue management and all, but this seems a bit excessive to me:
I purchased my ticket and requested an upgrade about 6 weeks ago. My flight is about 48 hours from now and apparently no X inventory has been released yet (yes, I have the automated alert set up). EF is showing:
F7 A5 P0 Y2 B2 H2 K0 M0 L0 W0 V0 S0 N0 G0 Q0 O0
So the good people in rev mgmt expect to sell seven F seats in 48 hours?
I doubt if they expect that at all.
What do they stand to gain by waiting? Perhaps some people will buy F tickets. Perhaps someone will decide to use mileage for a confirmed upgrade rather than waiting. If either of those happens, they come out ahead.
The only way AA loses is if you cancel your ticket because you didn't get an upgrade instead of switching to a different flight. Since that doesn't seem to be very likely, there's no downside to AA for waiting and plenty of upside.