conklaven

I really wish I had a flight in Feb. Unfortunately I am flying with the wife and daughter in April. Everyone here is so generous!

Marcio Souza

Happy to give away to good use.

schertz

Thank you for your generosity--all my trips now after the expiration date--but a great gift to the FT community!

bcm0830

Has anyone had luck getting EXP desk to deploy an SWU expiring Feb. 28 to a flight after Feb. 28 where C inventory can be confirmed? In years past, they've always agreed to do that for us. Last year, it took an extra step for them to call ADV cust svc for authorization, but they did it. I'd hope they'd do it again this year, especially since they've cut back on how many they give now.

jkuok

Well put me in the list as well I got 6 to give away

Edit: I think they are all taken now, it was given on first come first serve basis

billgrates3

Same here, i was going to give an SWU to ngls, but PMs to ngls are blocked for some reason.

cmn.jcs

If someone has offered use of their SWU to someone, what's the right way to effect it? Should the recipient PM a confirmation number to the giver, or is there a better way?

JDiver

The way it has always worked for me as donor is to call and give the agent he PNR. They'll usually want to verify the passenger's name and routing. This requires a certain degree of trust, meaning the recipient must trust you will respect privacy of their full name and PNR.

There is to my knowledge no confirmation number other than a possible reissued ticket number, but as donor I have no need for that. The recipient should PM their thanks, and it's courteous, albeit not necessary, for a recipient to PM after the trip with perhaps some anecdotal information about the trip and a reiteration of thanks - for one, if the SWU isn't cleared the donor should have their SWU back and AA isn't always 100% reliable about recrediting an unused SWU.

krlcomm

This exactly what I have done in the past - get the PNR, passenger name(s), and routing. And if waitlisted request the giftee to alert to any SWUs that don't clear... although at this late date having them remain in your account might not be of much help.

Sage advice, as always, from JDiver.

veeRob

I may have an SWU or two to spare. PM me to tell me your best story of why I should gift you one.

Phasers

Thus far this year, the answer has been unequivocally NO! (At least for me)

fedechat

You don't have to say anything, just make sure you have SWU that will expire in 2018, the system will automatically use the one that are going to expire this month

JonNYC

Keep in mind, not all EPs are equal in this sense, in the previous few years there was unambiguous guidelines that systematically allowed some members to use post-expiration (if applied before, of course) and most members not.

While that is how it's working again this year, a) there have been-- yes very sporadic-- reports of AA later clawing back SWUs that were applied improperly in this way later on. Very few reports, but it is AAdv policy that they can do that.

And, b), based on a), within the context of -this- thread (SWU giveaways,) I would personally advise against, possibly, as it's not one assuming one's own risk of this-- as small as it may be.

BernardBlack

I have some SWUs expiring that I don't expect to be able to use. Please PM me if you think you may be able to use them. Ideally, it would be great if the space is likely to be immediately confirmable so I don't have to track anything.

MsEverywhere

So far I have given away 1 that has cleared, and the others are wait listed. I should know more next week.