Originally Posted by
nytango
I believe that a plat using someone's vips may go to bottom of list and also it would appear that it is a waste of vips if plat has stickers, but there may be other reasons for using vips.
The PLT cannot use stickers to upgrade someone else unless the PLT also is traveling on the same flight.
Originally Posted by
MikeBOS
In BOS, my experience is that it is nearly completely random as to who gets the upgrade once you're under airport control. Many of the agents can't be bothered figuring out the rules, so they upgrade whomever the person is that happens to be standing in front of them, to minimize the work involved on their part. This is, of course, not always the case, but I have seen it happen many times.
I, too, am a BOS-based flyer and have never experienced this. In fact, BOS has the same monitors that AA has everywhere that list upgrade priority. When my upgrade has not cleared in advance, I'm usually no. 1 on the list (due to EXP status and OLCI), and I have never had anyone clear in front of me (and, in fact, do not remember the last time I failed to clear an upgrade out of BOS).
Originally Posted by
bts09
February 14, last nonstop. I have it as 4 seats left, none in A.
You're correct. That flight is showing F4 A0 P0. In a way, that's good for you in that the only way someone can get an F seat right now is by paying full F for it. If they don't sell any more seats, I think there's a decent chance A inventory will appear before it goes to airport control. This is where an expertflyer subscription, so you can set up an alert, would be invaluable.
Originally Posted by
bts09
So, it seems that the general consensus is that once it gets to gate control, it's anyone's guess as to who is going to actually get that upgrade?
That's not my view.
Originally Posted by
bts09
Does anyone know if the yield models on AA will free up A seats before it will free up X seats?
I think that often, but not always, is the case. At this point, though, I would not expect anything to change until a few days (or less) before the flight.