2015 Chances of Upgrade Clearing and Upgrade Availability Discussion (consolidated)
Aug 13, 2015, 8:55 am
#706
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Location: Phoenix/Columbus
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ORD/DUS/ORD
AA 242 on 9/25 7 seats yet unassigned (2 blocked)
AA 241 on 10/4 16 seats unassigned (2 blocked)
Waitlisted for mileage upgrade for 2 pax (1 plat, 1 gold) on same PNR
Think we have a shot at upgrades (esp 242 over)?
AA 241 on 10/4 16 seats unassigned (2 blocked)
Waitlisted for mileage upgrade for 2 pax (1 plat, 1 gold) on same PNR
Think we have a shot at upgrades (esp 242 over)?
Aug 13, 2015, 3:06 pm
#707
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: LGA, JFK, LAX, SFO
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I have a real head scratcher.
Booked tomorrow on AA #5922 SFO-LAX as an EXP and still haven't cleared.
The weird thing is the flight is showing F7 A7 P7 and show only 2 people in first along with MCE pretty open. I called the EXP desk and they confirmed my upgrade is still showing requested. If they think they will sell 10 seats in first good luck. Any insight?
Booked tomorrow on AA #5922 SFO-LAX as an EXP and still haven't cleared.
The weird thing is the flight is showing F7 A7 P7 and show only 2 people in first along with MCE pretty open. I called the EXP desk and they confirmed my upgrade is still showing requested. If they think they will sell 10 seats in first good luck. Any insight?
Aug 13, 2015, 3:17 pm
#708
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Booked on AA 136 LAX-LHR on 8/15 (Saturday). SWU requested months ago, but hasn't cleared. EXP desk waffles about "it looks bad", but "it may clear any time". Any wisdom?
Aug 13, 2015, 3:25 pm
#709
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I have a real head scratcher.
Booked tomorrow on AA #5922 SFO-LAX as an EXP and still haven't cleared.
The weird thing is the flight is showing F7 A7 P7 and show only 2 people in first along with MCE pretty open. I called the EXP desk and they confirmed my upgrade is still showing requested. If they think they will sell 10 seats in first good luck. Any insight?
Booked tomorrow on AA #5922 SFO-LAX as an EXP and still haven't cleared.
The weird thing is the flight is showing F7 A7 P7 and show only 2 people in first along with MCE pretty open. I called the EXP desk and they confirmed my upgrade is still showing requested. If they think they will sell 10 seats in first good luck. Any insight?
EF shows J4, no C at the moment. There's a few open in Y+ so if you did in fact request months ago you could have a shot.
Aug 13, 2015, 3:57 pm
#710
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Currently 5 open J seats based on the map (of course who knows what is really open)
Just a rough guess they will upgrade a few to F; plus will have perhaps have 3 to 5 open in J ...so 5 to 10 people will get the Y to J nod.
All depends on where you are
They are oversold in Y. Y0 means they have oversold it as much as permitted.
I expect they will not clear anything until it goes to airport control. If they were to clear now it would allow deeper overbooking.
Last edited by Exec_Plat; Aug 13, 2015 at 6:33 pm
Aug 13, 2015, 4:00 pm
#711
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: ORD
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I can second that. Many ex-SFO routes (to DFW/ORD/WAS) clear only few hours prior to departure.
Aug 13, 2015, 4:01 pm
#712
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: California
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I have a real head scratcher.
Booked tomorrow on AA #5922 SFO-LAX as an EXP and still haven't cleared.
The weird thing is the flight is showing F7 A7 P7 and show only 2 people in first along with MCE pretty open. I called the EXP desk and they confirmed my upgrade is still showing requested. If they think they will sell 10 seats in first good luck. Any insight?
Booked tomorrow on AA #5922 SFO-LAX as an EXP and still haven't cleared.
The weird thing is the flight is showing F7 A7 P7 and show only 2 people in first along with MCE pretty open. I called the EXP desk and they confirmed my upgrade is still showing requested. If they think they will sell 10 seats in first good luck. Any insight?
Aug 13, 2015, 6:39 pm
#714
Join Date: Apr 2015
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Any chance at a sticker upgrade on Chirstmas Eve JFK-LAX 11:00 am flight for a gold?
Aug 13, 2015, 7:51 pm
#715
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Flying on a off-travel day for business, you probably have better odds than normal. But I'd guess a Gold member on the A321T JFK-LAX has pretty low odds regardless of day. Just keep an eye on EF and cross your fingers.
Aug 13, 2015, 9:43 pm
#716
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Aug 13, 2015, 11:10 pm
#717
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Is this the thread where we complain about the lack of international C availability or is that somewhere else? (pout)
Aug 13, 2015, 11:18 pm
#718
Join Date: May 2007
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It will be a largely elite lite day so you will be basically competing with paid J. The $1200 transcon fares work against you but the situation is not as dire as others have suggested. In fact, double upgrades are known to happen on certain flights around the holidays when there is virtually no paid F or J and as such AA sells the heck out of Y.
Aug 14, 2015, 8:57 am
#719
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As cmd320 said, make sure you have your Y seats. It's anybody's guess but with PLT/GLD, 242 (J4 right now) will most probably not clear. 241... still has few open seats.
Bummer! We have 21 A&B.
Bummer! We have 21 A&B.
Aug 14, 2015, 9:00 am
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