May 22, 2017, 6:21 am
Last edit by: JDiver
Chances of Upgrade Request Clearing
NOTE: Be aware of recent (20 May 2017) upgrade priority changes.
"New Upgrade Priority as of 20 May 2017
(Upgrades were prioritized by elite status and then time of request until 20 May 2017)
- Elite status
- Concierge Key
- Executive Platinum
- Platinum Pro
- Platinum
- Gold
- Upgrade type
- Miles and copay award upgrades and systemwide upgrades (SWU)
- 500 mile upgrades on purchased tickets
- 500 mile upgrades on upgrade eligible awards)
- Elite qualifying dollars in the past 12 months
- Booking class
- Time of request"
See Upgrade Priority Changes to Status, Rolling 365 Day EQD Spend May 20 2017
U]Link[/U] to Gary Leff, View From the Wing 16 May 2017
Updated 22 May 2017 by JDiver
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2017 Chances of Upgrade Clearing and Availability (consolidated)
Dec 19, 2017, 6:49 pm
#841
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PHX & AGP
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,463
Some random DPs for the lowly PLTs here. 
This year I was Gold until Oct, PLT since then. Home airport of PHX seems to mean a goodly amount of EXPs, with 1-2 CKs not a rarity.
Gold upgrade %: 2/3. Includes Sunday afternoon to Burbank and a midweek redeye to ORD (1061). Miss was ORD-PHX (853) return on Friday no surprise.
PLT upgrades %: 2/3 + an odd Op-Up. Miss was Thur-Fri redeye (617). Hits were ORD-SJU on a Friday (395), and CLT to PHX (654). The Op-Up was SJU-CLT (753) and was actually for my wife, who became PLT on the flight down. I think they were trying to give her a pleasant perk.
Anyway, the point being: it wasn't a terrible year for me as a PLT out of a decent AA airport. But I did tend to have non-primary routes compared to EXPs going cross country.
This year I was Gold until Oct, PLT since then. Home airport of PHX seems to mean a goodly amount of EXPs, with 1-2 CKs not a rarity.
Gold upgrade %: 2/3. Includes Sunday afternoon to Burbank and a midweek redeye to ORD (1061). Miss was ORD-PHX (853) return on Friday no surprise.
PLT upgrades %: 2/3 + an odd Op-Up. Miss was Thur-Fri redeye (617). Hits were ORD-SJU on a Friday (395), and CLT to PHX (654). The Op-Up was SJU-CLT (753) and was actually for my wife, who became PLT on the flight down. I think they were trying to give her a pleasant perk.
Anyway, the point being: it wasn't a terrible year for me as a PLT out of a decent AA airport. But I did tend to have non-primary routes compared to EXPs going cross country.
I like this thread as it gives me hope on some upgrade changes on certain routes and the helpful hints when to travel,.
Dec 19, 2017, 7:06 pm
#842
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Anywhere but home
Programs: UA 1K/MM, DL GM/MM, HH Dia, PC Plat, MR Gold, ALL Sil,
Posts: 4,553
I'm flying DFW-HKG on 27 Dec and have been waitlisted for an SWU upgrade to J for several months. Flight seems full in all cabins, so am increasingly pessimistic the upgrade will clear at the gate.
Dec 19, 2017, 8:30 pm
#843
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: AY+ Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,846
Dec 20, 2017, 8:31 am
#844
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 375
A couple of more DPs: Spouse and I are traveling to SA via MIA in Feb/Mar. We upgraded the trip Y>J via points, but at the time of booking the domestic legs showed C0. I snagged a C1 for the 12FEB18 ORD-MIA leg on Dec 7, and got another C1 today for same. Now waiting on 03MAR18 MIA-ORD > C0. Thanks, EF.
Dec 21, 2017, 11:19 pm
#845
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: DFW
Programs: AAdvantage EXP, HHonors Gold, Marriott Rewards Lifetime Gold Elite
Posts: 14
We are both EXP. I appreciate all of your insight.
Last edited by gracett1; Dec 25, 2017 at 12:36 am
Jan 1, 2018, 2:03 pm
#846
Senior Moderator and Moderator: American AAdvantage & TravelBuzz
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 10,419
We'll now archive this thread and direct further discussion to the 2018 version of this thread: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...solidated.html
Thanks! /Moderator
Thanks! /Moderator