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frudd38 Jan 9, 2017 3:35 pm


Originally Posted by malexander131 (Post 27730186)
That's not the rule on the books though, right? Thought you were supposed to be able to refresh the app if you had a digital boarding pass.

Appears to be the norm now as it's been reported elsewhere, I believe VTFW had a post on it.

bse118 Jan 9, 2017 6:21 pm


Originally Posted by frudd38 (Post 27728505)
12/28 (requested 11/8): LAX-HKG did not clear until boarding started. Quite annoying as it cuts your lounge time short since the GA's firmly state "if you're not at the gate when your name is called, you will be skipped for the SWU". Nonetheless, still very grateful to clear, was #2 of 8.

Why do people continue to post about SWUs on international long-hauls in this thread?

SWUs Do Not Have Windows.

This thread is truly bizarre.

Col Ronson Jan 9, 2017 7:10 pm


Originally Posted by bse118 (Post 27734092)
Why do people continue to post about SWUs on international long-hauls in this thread?

SWUs Do Not Have Windows.

This thread is truly bizarre.

people will complain about the same dead horse in every thread they can unfortunately.

enviroian Jan 9, 2017 8:05 pm

What bucket does complimentary upgrades pull from? I'm on the 11:40 to ord tomorrow but can SDC to the 1:16 pm departure instead.

Col Ronson Jan 9, 2017 8:45 pm


Originally Posted by enviroian (Post 27734524)
What bucket does complimentary upgrades pull from? I'm on the 11:40 to ord tomorrow but can SDC to the 1:16 pm departure instead.

X i believe, but i think its a hidden inventory.

josmul123 Jan 9, 2017 8:57 pm


Originally Posted by Col Ronson (Post 27734690)
X i believe, but i think its a hidden inventory.

You are correct on both counts.

enviroian Jan 9, 2017 9:33 pm


Originally Posted by Col Ronson (Post 27734690)
X i believe, but i think its a hidden inventory.

Got it. Yes there is no X showing on EF.

Thanks

PDXAA Jan 10, 2017 6:58 am

T-100 came and went
 
12 open seats in F but upgrades didn't clear at T-100 on AA86 PDX-ORD

Kreative03 Jan 10, 2017 10:58 am

Sitting with F7, actually 14 out of 16 seats appearing open on my upcoming PHX-ORD redeye. We're long past T100, closing in on T-24.

I mean, i know they don't want to just GIVE me the seat. But it would be nice. Considering my SWU that follows it has a snowball's chance in hell of clearing.

cova Jan 10, 2017 1:59 pm

My experience is that upgrades are clearing at T-4.

Last 8am flight I had - I set the alarm at 4am (when I normally would get up at 5am) so I could change seat if upgraded if I wanted to. Turns out the upgrade occurred at 4am and I changed my seat and went back to bed til 5am.

BThumme Jan 10, 2017 5:21 pm


Originally Posted by cova (Post 27738995)
My experience is that upgrades are clearing at T-4.

Last 8am flight I had - I set the alarm at 4am (when I normally would get up at 5am) so I could change seat if upgraded if I wanted to. Turns out the upgrade occurred at 4am and I changed my seat and went back to bed til 5am.

I see a lot of the T 4.5-3.5 range as well. I believe T-3.5 is the final automatic sweep.

branston Jan 12, 2017 11:23 am

I'm flying DCA-PWM tomorrow and returning Sunday. I have not been upgraded for either flight although confirmable upgrades are available:
1/13 AA4422 is showing C4 with 4 of 8 open seats
1/15 AA5414 is showing C5 with 11 of 12 open seats

Are they hoping they can still sell the upgrades? Or are they penalizing me for not re-qualifying to EXP

iadisgreat Jan 12, 2017 12:54 pm


Originally Posted by branston (Post 27750012)
I'm flying DCA-PWM tomorrow and returning Sunday. I have not been upgraded for either flight although confirmable upgrades are available:
1/13 AA4422 is showing C4 with 4 of 8 open seats
1/15 AA5414 is showing C5 with 11 of 12 open seats

Are they hoping they can still sell the upgrades? Or are they penalizing me for not re-qualifying to EXP

No, they are not penalizing you. They simply have not cleared your complementary upgrade. That's it.

get0ffdanutzz Jan 12, 2017 1:10 pm


Originally Posted by branston (Post 27750012)
I'm flying DCA-PWM tomorrow and returning Sunday. I have not been upgraded for either flight although confirmable upgrades are available:
1/13 AA4422 is showing C4 with 4 of 8 open seats
1/15 AA5414 is showing C5 with 11 of 12 open seats

Are they hoping they can still sell the upgrades? Or are they penalizing me for not re-qualifying to EXP


Also, Comp Upgrade is Different that C upgrade. You wont be able to see X which if I read correctly is the Comp Upgrade "Stickers".

nall Jan 12, 2017 3:03 pm

Didn't they change X to R now?


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