CabinChief

ICN-DFW this week.
1 seat in PE available when I asked about Y -> PE upgrade at check in - was told at airport that seat was available, but upgrade was "not possible at the Incheon station" and to check at gate. Gate was unable to process it as well. Every seat ended up being filled.

fedechat

Looks like this "unofficial benefit" is not available anymore...

CabinChief

Coming back DFW-ICN on Sunday, DFW check in and AC both confirmed that 3 PE seats were available but couldn't/didn't do anything. Flight was oversold, so may have been able to get opped-up into PE at gate, but took VDB instead for same flight next day. Monday J/PE both booked solid. Lot's of EXP's in Y. Definitely was not offered either day.

jjglaze77

Any more detail on how this program works for EXPs on the PE equipped Hawaii flights? I have an SWU waitlisted for DFW-OGG that's looking iffy, but PE is pretty open. Hoping to at least get into PE if not a last minute J upgrade.

kt729

My husband is EXP and I'm PLAT. We both had award tickets booked on separate reservations for OGG-DFW. The flight had about 8 PE seats at check-in. We called AA, and the agents claimed they "linked" our reservations so that we would both clear if there were any upgrades. However, when the upgrade list was published, only my husband's name was on it.

I think this is a case of some agents knowing how to process this. When we checked in at the airport, we explained what we wanted to do to the agent (that I wanted to be my EXP husband's companion and added to the upgrade list), and she understood. She added me to the upgrade list, and then we were both subsequently upgraded to PE for the OGG-DFW flight.

Note: Since there were no seats available in business, the agents worked down the upgrade list and put everyone into PE instead. We did NOT use SWU to be added to the list.

oysterhead43

enviroian

so what I gather from this tweet is that if you want to redeem your SWU to sit in J you better damn make sure it's on a 2 class aircraft otherwise you're screwed.

nk15

When did this happen? This would be a major devaluation....

JonNYC

It didn't.

scubadu

You seem to be a rather "excitable" poster on FT. Have you paused for a moment and considered the possibility that the AA twitter rep might have made a mistake in their response rather than automatically making one giant step to "we're screwed?" You always seem to be looking for the conspiracy theory for some reason...

Regards

enviroian

Exactly!

oysterhead43

So I assume the rep isn’t reliable for the statement that W clears before Y?

pdcarg77

My experience on UPG Y to W.
Saturday 2/10. AA#908 EZE/MIA on a 772.
Flight was quite full even at time of booking, a few days before. I had to go with Y (K fare).
My first upgrade attempt was Y to J using SWU, but the lady at the check-in counter said they could not process it there, and had to call the EXP line. She also said less than 4 seats available with a few IRROPS (AA and UA flights to NYC got canceled only hours ago and paxs were getting re-accomodated wherever possible) so who knew if I could get it.
Then I asked how about Y to W. She said it had a "$0 value for EXP on certain tickets" but once again, she couldn't process it at the counter, I had to do it at the kiosks, even though I was already checked in.
She walked me over, we went through the whole processg and at a moment was offered Upgrades: Y to J not available and Y to W at $0; agreed to the latter, chose my seat and was printed a new BP.
I boarded with Group 2 (would have anyway being EXP) and sat on 13C (aisle, bulkhead).
Seat was ok, deffinitely appreciatte the extra width and space. Service on board was as discussed on other threads, a rare mix of elements from J and Y.
Still waiting for miles to post on my account to check what kind of EQM I got.

cpdc1030

Has anyone had an upgrade Y-> W from LHR? I am just wondering if there was any attempt to collect the extra UK APD, or if AA pays this for pax who get the complimentary upgrade?

AANYC1981