vasantn

Um, see my post immediately above yours.
But don't expect it to happen unless the agent knows you really well, as it is definitely an "above and beyond" thing.

alien

Yeah, I completely missed that.

envgeo

What are my chances for upgrade, today @ 11:20am central time. flight 2421 dfw-lax. I am EXP for upgrade purposes.

SFO777

At F2 A2, probably 50/50. I'd ask for row 17 as a back up.

envgeo

thanks. When I get there, I might try another flight since my timing is flexible.

SFO777

You might try a CFC to 2445 @2:20P. Currently F6 A4 Y7.
If you want a few extra miles, like the MD-80s and don't mind a connection, 2040/521 thru STL at 1:45P is showing X3 and X4.

Fornebufox

Crossing my fingers for tomorrow's 309 LGA-ORD, but EF still indicates X at zero. AA seatmap shows 7 empties in F, Y fullish but far from oversold. I did OLCI/airport list at T-23.75, but on a very cheap fare who knows.

The whole routine and mindset ("will I get it? I should be the one to get it!") are fascinating to someone who rarely flies domestic. I'd certainly rather be in F but for a short flight the exit row is fine. The stakes are much lower than in mid- to long-haul!

JY1024

Just a reminder that upgrade order (both on the pre-airport waitlist and the airport waitlist) are determined by status and time of upgrade request. (Your early check-in time will help you if you wanted to go standby on another flight - but will not affect your order on the upgrade list.)

I know there were low mileage run fares on Tuesday LGA-ORD flights through all of August, so you may have some additional competition for upgrades compared to "normal." It all depends on how long ago you put in your upgrade request... Good luck!

demkr

I don't know what the heck is going on with my ORD-LGA either. We have F7 for AA366, and still not cleared. I have a long post (well, rant) about this on the "Did AA processing take the weekend off?" thread...but this is getting ridiculous now on the part of revenue management

I wonder if its worth a call to EXP desk and ask to appeal to RM about it

yuchung5

what is the chance for ORD-SFO recently?
I have upcoming flight 8/29 ORD-SFO and 9/2 red eye for SFO-ORD.
It looks to me they are both very full.
8/29 ORD-SFO AA1613, 1 seat open in Y, 5 in F in the seatmap.
F5 A1 P3 Y7 B7 H7 K2 M0 L0 V0 W0 G0 S0 N0 Q0 O0

9/2 SFO-ORD AA1522, 0 seat open in Y, 11 in F in the seatmap.
F7 A4 P7 Y3 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 V0 W0 G0 S0 N0 Q0 O0

Is ORD-SFO always full?

demkr

I have AA1827 8/26 and still have not cleared. F6. It does look pretty full in Y and I wasn't even able to get an exit row booking a month in advance! Luckily I'm a connecting passenger but we'll see.

I also have AA1613 on 9/7, after Labor Day weekend, and we're F5. That one looks pretty full in Y also.

The only noticeable change for ORD-SFO is a capacity cut. As of tomorrow, Flight 1561 goes from a 763 to 738. Could just be now a lot of elite passengers or semi-frequent passengers who chose the wide body aircraft for comfort purposes are now choosing flights based on their most convenient time, since they are all 738s. Good luck--we're also biting our nails on our upcoming flights.

brp

I've found SFO-ORD (and ORD-SFO) to be tough, in general. I've seen more than a few cases where high F availability disappears overnight and few, or no, upgrades happen. In these cases we've bought months in advance and requested early, so it's likely we're at the top of the list, so the disappearing seats likely were not sticker upgrades.

With capacity cuts, it won't get better.

Cheers.

ALadyNCal

Update:
I did not call back again today. I kept checking online. Tonight (mon) after 9 pm, I saw that our second seat had been released ^ I was unable to select a new seat tho, so I called for that.

Very happy that we both got our upgrade. I DO have ExpertFlyer. Never not a notice that a seat had become available.

Anyway, upgrade is set. Now I only have to worry about that 40 minute connection @ DFW

lobo411

Hello,
I took an offer of $300 for a VDB today and I was wondering what my upgrade situation is. My original routing was SBA> LAX > DFW > LGA. At SBA, the ticket agent told me that I was first on the upgrade list. I took the VDB at LAX and the GA rebooked me for LAX > STL > LGA. I mentioned that I was #1 on the upgrade list for DFW > LGA and she said she'd put me on the list for the upgrade list for STL > LGA. She said there were still 5 spots in First and 1 Plat was ahead of me.

I figured I had done well...$300, and I bumped down one spot on the upgrade list. Then I looked at my receipt, and I saw that I was booked into Y rather than Q (where I had originally been booked). I went on AA.com and checked my upgrade requests, and the status reads like this for the STL > LGA flight:

"500 mi upgrades required per person: 0. Request upgrade? (unchecked)"

I also noticed that my receipt was marked "INVOL"...So did she book it like an IDB to help me out? Am I on the upgrade list or not? What's up with the 0 stickers thing? Did she book me into full fare Y and I don't need to request an upgrade?

I got antsy and decided to submit the upgrade request online anyway. So hopefully I didn't screw anything up! I'm on the LAX > STL flight now, and the STL > LGA flight doesn't leave for about 4 more hours.

Oh, one more question...where do I get my baggage? I checked a bag in SBA, so I assume they didn't take it off the LAX > DFW plane since that would have taken too long. I figured they'd just route it to LGA, but where do I pick it up at LGA? At the baggage claim for my arriving flight, as usual? The flight I was originally sched on (DFW > LGA) is arriving 1 hr before my new flight.

Thanks

dstan

Elites get complimentary sticker upgrades when booked in Y, but you still need to request it, just like EXPs do. Because you switched to another flight, you have to rerequest the upgrade, but my understanding is that you should retain your request time automatically (this often happens when there is a schedule change). Why it did not show as checked when the GA told you she put you on the list, I don't know.

Did the GA in LAX ask you if you had checked bags? At any rate, if it doesn't arrive with you on your flight, yes, check at the baggage claim desk.