75K/100K AA (SWU-Like) International Upgrades on a Very Limited Number of AA Routes

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Aug 17, 2021, 8:59 am

#151

WillTravel4Food

Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, Marriott Lifetime Titanium

Posts: 1,598

Quote:

Originally Posted by 985X

FYI, AA has completely removed LAX-SYD from sale until Apr 30th, 2022. LAX-HND removed from sale until Mar 27th, 2022. SEA-PVG would never launch. Pathetic.

So now the six eligible routes are down to 3: LAX-LHR, SEA-LHR, SEA-BLR (from Nov 6th).

Guess my upgrade certificate will go to waste then.

And good luck finding availability on the SEA-LHR flight. I'm guessing there's some out there, but I've yet to find it.

Aug 17, 2021, 9:37 am

#152

jona970318

Join Date: Feb 2013

Location: LA/NY/CHI

Programs: AA EXP, AS 100K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Plat

Posts: 1,876

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillTravel4Food

And good luck finding availability on the SEA-LHR flight. I'm guessing there's some out there, but I've yet to find it.

WHAT?!! SEA-LHR is so widely available.

Taking the next two weeks for example, every flight except for 1 has multiple C class availability.

SEA-LHR IMO is probably the most widely available out of all the routes

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Aug 17, 2021, 4:04 pm

#153

WillTravel4Food

Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, Marriott Lifetime Titanium

Posts: 1,598

Quote:

Originally Posted by jona970318

I was looking for advanced purchase way out ahead, and nothing was available. I'm not going to buy a ticket hoping the upgrade will become available close in to the date of travel. This was a month ago, for a flight in October. I ended up just buying the Biz class seat on BA since my calculations showed I would need the EQM to reach MVPG.

Aug 17, 2021, 4:41 pm

#154

jona970318

Join Date: Feb 2013

Location: LA/NY/CHI

Programs: AA EXP, AS 100K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Plat

Posts: 1,876

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillTravel4Food

Even booking few months out, there's still plenty of dates you can confirm in advance for on SEA-LHR market.

And yes, many dates aren't available at booking. Although if you know how to take the right educated guess, you can still clear those upgrades with a very high likelihood IME.

Aug 19, 2021, 12:23 am

#155

18wheeler_vanrekt

Join Date: Jan 2018

Location: SFO, JFK/LGA, SEA

Programs: Alaska 75K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, *A Gold w/ Krisflyer Gold

Posts: 815

Do these upgrades become available as soon as you qualify as a 75k Gold? Or were they just for people who held that status in April when this offer was made

Aug 19, 2021, 12:31 am

#156

dayone

Moderator: Alaska Mileage Plan

Join Date: Feb 2005

Posts: 12,319

Quote:

Originally Posted by 18wheeler_vanrekt

Do these upgrades become available as soon as you qualify as a 75k Gold? Or were they just for people who held that status in April when this offer was made

The initial grant was only to 75Ks who qualified in 2019 and 2020. The rumor is that there might be another grant for 2022.

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Aug 22, 2021, 8:13 pm

#157

imaflyertalkuserwow

Join Date: Jun 2021

Programs: AS 100K

Posts: 294

Just booked ANC-SEA-LHR through AA for December. $754 RT + $134 UK tax once upgraded to J. I thought about leaving from DUB or BCN, but $134 in tax didn’t seem a big enough deal to worry about it. Not complaining about a $888 J RT, that’s for sure.

Aug 24, 2021, 7:01 pm

#158

dave9lax

Join Date: Nov 2019

Posts: 82

Any routings out of LAX?

Im worried I won’t be able to use these codes before they expire. Anyone know of ANY decent priced routing that would work in October or November? (which has C space). Dublin and maybe Madrid or Barcelona were good but nothing now??. I’m based out of lax so strongly prefer that but could position elsewhere if good value. Thanks!