Oct 1, 2015, 9:14 pm
Last edit by: Prospero
This thread is for the discussion of upgrades (using systemwide upgrades / SWUs or mileage+ copay) for the LAX-SYD-LAX route. This flight began with three class Boeing 777-300ER, but has changed to a two class Boeing 787-9.
Inaugural flights:
LAX-SYD: 17 Dec 2015 AA 73 Flight duration 15:05
Lv LAX 21:50 Dec 17 PST / 05:50 18 Dec GMT
Ar SYD 07:55 Dec 19 EADT / 20:55 18 Dec GMT (same day)
SYD-LAX: 19 Dec 2015 AA 72 Flight duration 13:50
Lv SYD 12:00 Dec 19 EADT / 01:00 19 Dec GMT
Ar LAX 06:50 Dec 19 PST / 14:50 19 Dec GMT
General discussion of the LAX-SYD-LAX route is at:
AA to operate LAX-SYD with 77W (inaugural 17 December 2015) archived
AA LAX-SYD-LAX 77W AA73 / AA72 (17 Dec 2015)
Was operated with Boeing 77W / 777-323ER to 8 Nov 2017
Changed to Boeing 787-9 in November 2017.
Inaugural flights:
LAX-SYD: 17 Dec 2015 AA 73 Flight duration 15:05
Lv LAX 21:50 Dec 17 PST / 05:50 18 Dec GMT
Ar SYD 07:55 Dec 19 EADT / 20:55 18 Dec GMT (same day)
SYD-LAX: 19 Dec 2015 AA 72 Flight duration 13:50
Lv SYD 12:00 Dec 19 EADT / 01:00 19 Dec GMT
Ar LAX 06:50 Dec 19 PST / 14:50 19 Dec GMT
General discussion of the LAX-SYD-LAX route is at:
AA to operate LAX-SYD with 77W (inaugural 17 December 2015) archived
AA LAX-SYD-LAX 77W AA73 / AA72 (17 Dec 2015)
Was operated with Boeing 77W / 777-323ER to 8 Nov 2017
Changed to Boeing 787-9 in November 2017.
LAX-SYD AA 73 / 72 Upgrade & Waitlist Discussion
Apr 13, 2017, 6:20 am
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Apr 13, 2017, 6:59 am
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i use direct message via Twitter to check on SWUs.
Apr 13, 2017, 8:53 am
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Apr 13, 2017, 1:56 pm
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Apr 24, 2017, 10:09 pm
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I'm on the 4/26 flight. Still waiting for Y>J SWU to clear. Yikes! I saw C availability open the morning of yesterday's flight. None opened for this evening's flight.
Apr 25, 2017, 12:10 am
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You can see them on AA.com too. The only day this week with A1+ is Wednesday 4/26. A0 on Friday. LAX-SYD.
I'm on the 4/26 flight. Still waiting for Y>J SWU to clear. Yikes! I saw C availability open the morning of yesterday's flight. None opened for this evening's flight.
I'm on the 4/26 flight. Still waiting for Y>J SWU to clear. Yikes! I saw C availability open the morning of yesterday's flight. None opened for this evening's flight.
Apr 25, 2017, 7:56 am
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Apr 25, 2017, 1:25 pm
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Y>J SWU for LAX-SYD cleared at noon today for tomorrow night's departure.
EF didn't alert me (!), happened to refresh and see C6. Called and cleared it. Would have cleared anyway probably.
Seat map showed 13 open J seats and 2 open F seats. MCE was full.
(side note: earlier in day, EF showed C7 but AA showed C0. Called a few times but all agents saw zero availability)
EF didn't alert me (!), happened to refresh and see C6. Called and cleared it. Would have cleared anyway probably.
Seat map showed 13 open J seats and 2 open F seats. MCE was full.
(side note: earlier in day, EF showed C7 but AA showed C0. Called a few times but all agents saw zero availability)
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Apr 25, 2017, 1:56 pm
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By any chance was your EF query that showed C (when the agents didn't see it) based on a connection - like ORD->LAX->SYD? I've had several occasions where I had the type of query stored in EF, and suddenly C opens on the second INTL segment, yet agents say it is C0. If I then query just the one segment, I also get C0. Once I asked a particularly helpful agent to try the connection query and they saw C7 then as well - but could not book it. Sorta like married segments in reverse. Anyway, just a thought.
Apr 25, 2017, 10:14 pm
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Apr 26, 2017, 6:58 am
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