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Old Jan 22, 2026 | 9:55 am
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Route (Please bold if failure): SEA-MCO
Status: Titanium
Fare Class: N
Add companion, if there was one: No
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: #1
Date of ticket purchase: Nov, 2025
F cabin had 2 seats open at T-2. #2 and #4 got the upgrade while #1 and #3 were skipped. Customer service owned the error and made it right.

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Old Jan 22, 2026 | 10:23 am
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Originally Posted by TalkingPoint
Route (Please bold if failure): SEA-MCO
Status: Titanium
Fare Class: N
Add companion, if there was one: No
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: #1
Date of ticket purchase: Nov, 2025
F cabin had 2 seats open at T-2. #2 and #4 got the upgrade while #1 and #3 were skipped. Customer service owned the error and made it right.
How did customer service make it right?
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Old Jan 22, 2026 | 2:25 pm
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Originally Posted by mpeterson78
How did customer service make it right?
Upgraded some upcoming flights that are longer and more important to me.
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Old Jan 22, 2026 | 10:55 pm
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Originally Posted by TalkingPoint
Upgraded some upcoming flights that are longer and more important to me.
Wow, that's incredible. I've been skipped in the past and all they gave me was a low dollar discount code,
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Old Jan 23, 2026 | 5:32 pm
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Date: 1/21/26
Route (Please bold if failure): SEA - JFK
Flight Number: 34
Status: Titanium
Fare Class: O
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist: 4/ 33(?)
Date of ticket purchase: 12/31/25

Date: 1/22/26
Route (Please bold if failure): EWR - SEA
Flight Number: 462
Status: Titanium
Fare Class: G
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist: 4
Date of ticket purchase: 12/31/25

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Old Jan 24, 2026 | 12:50 pm
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Date: 1/24/26
Route (Please bold if failure): DCA-SAN
Flight Number: 15
Status: Titanium
Fare Class: S
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist: 1/15?
Date of ticket purchase: 1/14/26

Date: 1/24/26
Route (Please bold if failure): SAN-SFO
Flight Number: 3072
Status: Titanium
Fare Class: S
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist: T-120? 5 days before departure
Date of ticket purchase: 1/14/26


1/2 on the year. Surprised at how early I cleared, but not surprised at failing to clear AS15 because of the impending snowstorm.

EDIT: Well I missed 3072 due to missed connection, so seeing if I have a new data point for the next flight.

EDIT 2: cleared, DP below

Date: 1/24/26
Route (Please bold if failure): SAN-SFO
Flight Number: 2466
Status: Titanium
Fare Class: S
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist: At the gate
Date of ticket purchase: 1/14/26 (misconnect)

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Old Jan 24, 2026 | 2:24 pm
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Date: 1.24.26
Route (Please bold if failure): JFK-PDX
Flight Number: 19
Status (100K): Titanium
Fare Class: Y
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: 1 of 39
Date of ticket purchase: 1PM 1.24.26

Hard to call this a fail as my AA flight was cxld due to ice in Dallas; I started in PNQ and arrived from DEL 11 hours ago, just happy to be getting out of here and home tonight.

Date: 1.24.26
Route (Please bold if failure): PDX-RDM
Flight Number: 2057
Status (100K): Titaniun
Fare Class: J
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: Instant
Date of ticket purchase: 1PM 1.24.26

Personally don’t know about the fare classes but those are what are showing on AS and my boarding passes. Bet that’s not the mileage credit I’m getting.

1/2 this year. RDU next week provides 4 more opps.

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Old Jan 24, 2026 | 4:34 pm
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Date: 1/24/26
Route (Please bold if failure): ITO-HNL
Flight Number: 1061
Status: Titanium
Fare Class: Q
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist: 4
Date of ticket purchase: November 2025

This one was most likely shenanigans. There were 5 FC seats D-45 and then 2 people at the bottom of the UG list was upgraded together into 2A and 2B. When I asked the GAs they said that they were upgraded based on status and that I was number #4 for 3 FC seats so I didn’t have a chance. FC boarded full and they didn’t care to address how these two were upgraded. Will follow up with Customer Care for the principle of it since this was disappointing.
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Old Jan 24, 2026 | 6:20 pm
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Date: 1/24/26
Route (Please bold if failure): SEA-YYZ
Flight Number: 385
Status: Titanium
Fare Class: G
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist: 1/22
Date of ticket purchase: 1/2/2026

My upgrade record was 0/3 during the past week. On all three flights, I've noticed there were available seats in FC at T-1, but they were filled at time of boarding. However, if you open the waitlist of upgrade requests, you don't see anyone being upgraded to FC, only people who were upgraded to Premium seats.

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Old Jan 25, 2026 | 9:38 am
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Date: Jan 29
Route (Please bold if failure): SFO-LAS
Flight Number: 776
Status: Titantium
Fare Class: G
Add companion, if there was one: none
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: Jan 25 2am (T-114)
Date of ticket purchase: Oct 21, 2025
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Old Jan 25, 2026 | 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by vistaril
Date: 1/24/26
Route (Please bold if failure): SEA-YYZ
Flight Number: 385
Status: Titanium
Fare Class: G
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist: 1/22
Date of ticket purchase: 1/2/2026

My upgrade record was 0/3 during the past week. On all three flights, I've noticed there were available seats in FC at T-1, but they were filled at time of boarding. However, if you open the waitlist of upgrade requests, you don't see anyone being upgraded to FC, only people who were upgraded to Premium seats.
Theres a lot of paid premium cabin demand out of YYZ so this has been a difficult route to upgrade on.
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Old Jan 26, 2026 | 12:58 am
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Date:1/25/26
Route (Please bold if failure): HNL-ANC
Flight Number: 50
Status (100K): Titanium
Fare Class: Q
Add companion, if there was one: Yes
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: #4/5 out of 85
Date of ticket purchase: July, 2025
Position on WL didn’t change inside 72 hours with 3 FC open at check in however it doesn’t seem like anyone was upgraded. This has been a rough month for ANC Elites.

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Old Jan 26, 2026 | 10:30 am
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Tho, technically not AS, knowing HA is part of AS and Atmos Upgrade already a benefit on Interisland travel....

Date:1/25/26
Route (Please bold if failure):HNL - OGG
Flight Number:HA 1096
Status (100K):Titanium 1MM
Fare Class:Z
Add companion, if there was one:NONE
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear:T=1
Date of ticket purchase:1/22/26
Was #1 of 15 with 1 available. Was confirmed at gate.

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Old Jan 28, 2026 | 5:37 pm
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Originally Posted by jiburi
Tho, technically not AS, knowing HA is part of AS and Atmos Upgrade already a benefit on Interisland travel....

Date:1/25/26
Route (Please bold if failure):HNL - OGG
Flight Number:HA 1096
Status (100K):Titanium 1MM
Fare Class:Z
Add companion, if there was one:NONE
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear:T=1
Date of ticket purchase:1/22/26
Was #1 of 15 with 1 available. Was confirmed at gate.

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Last October as a Platinum I got upgraded on both of my interisland flights, HNL-LIH and LIH-OGG. The first one was in the late evening and I kinda had a feeling that I heard my name on the loudspeaker but did nothing. Got to the boarding and the GA pulled me aside and gave me the new seat assignment.
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Old Jan 30, 2026 | 5:18 am
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Date:1/30/2026
Route (Please bold if failure): CLE-SEA
Flight Number: 219
Status (100K): Titanium
Cumulative EQM: ~150k
Add companion, if there was one: no
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-10, with 5F remaining at that time
Date of ticket purchase: 1/27/2026
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