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-   -   Has AA eliminated the upgrade window for elites? (https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/american-airlines-aadvantage/1664064-has-aa-eliminated-upgrade-window-elites.html)

LINDEGR Jan 13, 2017 6:23 pm
Originally Posted by JonNYC (Post 27757853)
Yeah, nothing more disappointing than getting an international upgrade.
Just to clarify, the upgrade was not disappointing. The timing (less than 24 hours in advance) was! It was a Monday flight. Certainly AA did not expect to sell half the cabin in the last 24 hours! :confused: :mad: :td:

iadisgreat Jan 13, 2017 7:12 pm
Originally Posted by rjw242 (Post 27757915)
Why should AA "make clear" something that only exists in people's imaginations?
+1

vasantn Jan 13, 2017 7:19 pm
Originally Posted by nall (Post 27751256)
Didn't they change X to R now?
As of January 11, that is correct. There is no more domestic F except on 3-class transcons.

Originally Posted by enviroian (Post 27734889)
Got it. Yes there is no X showing on EF.
You haven't been able to see X/R inventory on EF for a number of years now. In fact, even AAgents can't see it.

Col Ronson Jan 13, 2017 8:28 pm
Originally Posted by LINDEGR (Post 27757980)
Just to clarify, the upgrade was not disappointing. The timing (less than 24 hours in advance) was! It was a Monday flight. Certainly AA did not expect to sell half the cabin in the last 24 hours! :confused: :mad: :td:
The airline leaves space open for a wide variety of reasons, including but not limited to being able to reacoominidate REVENUE J/F passengers who may or may not have been affected by IRROPS.

bse118 Jan 13, 2017 9:40 pm
Originally Posted by SpammersAreScum (Post 27757870)
Noted. You might "SMH" at AA for not making that clear on their "Elite Status" page.
Well, since miles and money upgrades aren't strictly speaking part of the elite program, not sure why policy for them would be expected to be explained on that page.

And SWUs have thier own page(s) explaining policy for their use.

Originally Posted by iadisgreat (Post 27757741)
I hear ya. I must have Stockholm syndrome because 1. I keep checking it and 2. Have even posted in it! At least I'm sure that 1. International flights don't have upgrade windows and 2. The 100 (or 72 or 48 or 24) hour windows still exist.

Either way, it's a fun thread to check. :P
Oh, for sure, it's good entertainment.

SpammersAreScum Jan 14, 2017 10:20 am
Originally Posted by rjw242 (Post 27757915)
Why should AA "make clear" something that only exists in people's imaginations?
No, what I meant was: "Make clear" that the "upgrade window" does not apply to miles+copay (and therefore my posts about that kind of upgrade were OT, as has been oh-so-politely pointed out to me).

The fact that non-elites can use miles+copay should have been a clue, I suppose. :o

ThreeJulietTango Jan 14, 2017 2:22 pm
My flight today had 28 F seats available with 12 upgrade requests... they were all cleared manually at the gate.

songzm Jan 14, 2017 4:53 pm
Originally Posted by ThreeJulietTango (Post 27761373)
My flight today had 28 F seats available with 12 upgrade requests... they were all cleared manually at the gate.
Same thing for my flights today. MCO-CLT 6:30am departure 12 people on the list and 12 people cleared at the gate. DFW-ABQ 3:00 pm departure 5 people on the list, 5 people cleared at the gate. For my DFW-ABQ flight F even went out with 1 empty seats, not sure why they hold the seats for so long when they can't even fill the F with NRSAs

valdes Jan 14, 2017 5:08 pm
Originally Posted by SDQBound (Post 24522581)
J10?? Interesting...

Where can you see any inventory > 7 ???
Probably Expert Flyer

vasantn Jan 14, 2017 6:29 pm
Originally Posted by valdes (Post 27761906)
Probably Expert Flyer
No.

branston Jan 15, 2017 2:29 pm
So for my return flight on a CRJ900 with 12th business seats,:
@T-72 hrs, 1 seat was occupied but no upgrade
@T-20 hrs, 2 seats were occupied, but no upgrade
@T-4 hrs, 3 seats were occupied, but no upgrade

was finally upgraded at the gate. The gate agent said the seat maps were not populating correctly in the system which prevented automatic upgrades.

Stripe Jan 15, 2017 2:32 pm
Originally Posted by branston (Post 27766029)
So for my return flight on a CRJ900 with 12th business seats,:
@T-72 hrs, 1 seat was occupied but no upgrade
@T-20 hrs, 2 seats were occupied, but no upgrade
@T-4 hrs, 3 seats were occupied, but no upgrade

was finally upgraded at the gate. The gate agent said the seat maps were not populating correctly in the system which prevented automatic upgrades.
I never cease to be amazed at the nonsense agents make up to explain things.

vasantn Jan 15, 2017 3:43 pm
Originally Posted by Stripe (Post 27766040)
I never cease to be amazed at the nonsense agents make up to explain things.
^:D

ThreeJulietTango Jan 16, 2017 1:22 am
Originally Posted by valdes (Post 27761906)
Probably Expert Flyer
Even an AA agent working in Sabre or QIK can't see more than J7.

(not counting the VILA entry)

branston Jan 16, 2017 8:49 am
Originally Posted by Stripe (Post 27766040)
I never cease to be amazed at the nonsense agents make up to explain things.
The way he said it, it sounded like that was what he was told. I wasn't about to push the subject as I was able to get my preferred seat.

I was thinking the CPU issue may have something to do with the reclassification of domestic F as J.


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