ARCHIVE: Chances of upgrade clearing / upgrade availability - 2012 and prior)
Dec 28, 2012, 11:56 pm
#4216
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,528
I am on flight 1020 dep DFW @ 11.55 tomorrow. Just seems crazy that there would be so many people willing to fork over for first class tix for an 1.5 hour flight, also if anyone would be expecting an upgrade I would think it would be me, seeing as I booked my ticket over three months ago.
Good luck!
Dec 29, 2012, 2:09 pm
#4217
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: TBD
Programs: AA since 1988 (ex-elite status); Alaska; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 497
Well I'll still be holding my breath (not!) about getting mine (same route, 1/2). Lowly GLD... been years since I got upgraded. Sigh.
Dec 29, 2012, 6:39 pm
#4218
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: AUS
Programs: AA Exec Platinum/MM, DL Gold/MM, Hilton Diamond, Accor Platinum, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 6,972
I am on flight 1020 dep DFW @ 11.55 tomorrow. Just seems crazy that there would be so many people willing to fork over for first class tix for an 1.5 hour flight, also if anyone would be expecting an upgrade I would think it would be me, seeing as I booked my ticket over three months ago.
I wouldn't be so sure. He's originating at DFW so any EXP connecting there would trump him. All of my misses this year came on DFW-AUS when I originated there.
Dec 30, 2012, 8:27 am
#4219
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Join Date: May 2006
Programs: AA EXP, MR PLT
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I am on flight 1020 dep DFW @ 11.55 tomorrow. Just seems crazy that there would be so many people willing to fork over for first class tix for an 1.5 hour flight, also if anyone would be expecting an upgrade I would think it would be me, seeing as I booked my ticket over three months ago.
Today I checked EP and there's only one J seat left open which leads me to believe either (a) all those people are paid J or (b) I got screwed again with the SWUs (there was some sort of change where we were moved to another flight but the SWUs were still wait listing for the old flight - I caught it based on the email they sent and called AA and the agent was basically "Oh well. Too bad, so sad. Our fault. Your loss")
Dec 30, 2012, 9:04 am
#4220
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: ORD and RSW
Programs: Former long time AA EXP and CK - 4 MM; Now LTPL; Hilton Diamond; UA Platinum
Posts: 380
I'm thinking the same thing for Flight 633 from SJU to DFW on 02/24/13. GF and I booked back in May, used SWUs and are wait listed for J. At the time, 633 had only 2 J seats taken and Y was empty so we should have been first (or close to it) on the wait list.
Today I checked EP and there's only one J seat left open which leads me to believe either (a) all those people are paid J or (b) I got screwed again with the SWUs (there was some sort of change where we were moved to another flight but the SWUs were still wait listing for the old flight - I caught it based on the email they sent and called AA and the agent was basically "Oh well. Too bad, so sad. Our fault. Your loss")
Today I checked EP and there's only one J seat left open which leads me to believe either (a) all those people are paid J or (b) I got screwed again with the SWUs (there was some sort of change where we were moved to another flight but the SWUs were still wait listing for the old flight - I caught it based on the email they sent and called AA and the agent was basically "Oh well. Too bad, so sad. Our fault. Your loss")
Dec 30, 2012, 10:03 am
#4221
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Join Date: May 2006
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If SWUs work the same way as complementary EXP upgrades (not sure if there is a difference), you would be passed over if you both are on the same PNR and upgrade seats are released one at a time. This rule really bugs me, but if the entire PNR cannot be upgraded at the same time, you get skipped over to the next person on the list. You could be on the top of the list the entire time but if say 5 upgrade seats are released one at a time, you are out of luck if there are 2 of you on the same PNR requesting upgrades. The next 5 single upgrade requests on the list would get the J seats and you will stay in Y. At T-3 you can split the PNR once it is under airport control, but by then, it is usually too late. You might get one, but rarely would you get both at that point.
While I have no clue if it's true, if we're playing by the rules and the game ain't rigged (
), either all the SWUs were taken in the 4+ months between when we originally booked and the flight change to 633 or there are some SERIOUS ballers flying out of SJU on that day. 
Jan 1, 2013, 8:33 pm
#4222
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: TBD
Programs: AA since 1988 (ex-elite status); Alaska; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 497
First successful upgrades since 2006 (ok hhaven't tried hardly at all). SFO>DFW>MSY.
Jan 1, 2013, 9:35 pm
#4223
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Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Titanium
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