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SWU / Systemwide Upgrade Giveaway
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ARCHIVE: SWU giveaway (strictly freely given - no quid pro quo)
Jun 13, 2016, 1:44 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt
Posts: 140
ARCHIVE: SWU giveaway (strictly freely given - no quid pro quo)
Hi,
Due to some circumstances, I've left the states and I can't really effectively use SWUs from outside the USA. If anyone has any ideas on how to use them efficiently outside the usa from KUL, please let me know. AFAIK, AA only flies from HKG or NRT and not KUL or SIN.
Therefore, I've got one SWU to give away.
I saw another thread on this but it said expiring Feb 2016 and not Feb 2017 so I'm making this post separately.
Due to some circumstances, I've left the states and I can't really effectively use SWUs from outside the USA. If anyone has any ideas on how to use them efficiently outside the usa from KUL, please let me know. AFAIK, AA only flies from HKG or NRT and not KUL or SIN.
Therefore, I've got one SWU to give away.
I saw another thread on this but it said expiring Feb 2016 and not Feb 2017 so I'm making this post separately.
Jun 13, 2016, 1:52 pm
#2
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: St Pete Beach, FL
Programs: AA Exec Plat
Posts: 45
Dibs on the SWU 
Jun 13, 2016, 1:56 pm
#3
Join Date: May 2007
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 5,459
Hi,
Due to some circumstances, I've left the states and I can't really effectively use SWUs from outside the USA. If anyone has any ideas on how to use them efficiently outside the usa from KUL, please let me know. AFAIK, AA only flies from HKG or NRT and not KUL or SIN.
Therefore, I've got one SWU to give away.
I saw another thread on this but it said expiring Feb 2016 and not Feb 2017 so I'm making this post separately.
Due to some circumstances, I've left the states and I can't really effectively use SWUs from outside the USA. If anyone has any ideas on how to use them efficiently outside the usa from KUL, please let me know. AFAIK, AA only flies from HKG or NRT and not KUL or SIN.
Therefore, I've got one SWU to give away.
I saw another thread on this but it said expiring Feb 2016 and not Feb 2017 so I'm making this post separately.
That said, if you don't have homes for your upgrades, as a fellow (part-time) KUL-based traveler, I wouldn't mind accepting one or two!
Jun 13, 2016, 3:11 pm
#4
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca., USA
Programs: AA Lifetime Plat; Bonvoy Titanium Lifetime Elite;Hyatt Globalist; HHonors Diamond; United Silver
Posts: 8,316
Others have beat me to it, but is love an SWU.
That being said, the previous poster is right, you can use them from several cities. It just takes a positioning flight.
You might even be able to use iron KUL-HKG-DFW with KUL-Hkg an AA codeshare on CX metal and Hkg -DFW on AA metsl. You'd only get upgrades on the transpacific portion but that's the big segment.
The advantage of this is that you'll get your bags checked all the way through, in spite of CXs new baggage interlude policy on separate tickets.
Similar options might exist from the other places mentioned.
That being said, the previous poster is right, you can use them from several cities. It just takes a positioning flight.
You might even be able to use iron KUL-HKG-DFW with KUL-Hkg an AA codeshare on CX metal and Hkg -DFW on AA metsl. You'd only get upgrades on the transpacific portion but that's the big segment.
The advantage of this is that you'll get your bags checked all the way through, in spite of CXs new baggage interlude policy on separate tickets.
Similar options might exist from the other places mentioned.
Jun 15, 2016, 3:17 pm
#5
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: USA
Programs: AA EXP, UA GLD, Bonvoy Titan, HH Dia, WoH Exp
Posts: 2,673
Besides the other Asian AA cities mentione above, AA flies to SYD and AKL and so you may be able to connect to these cities on a OW partner like Malaysian Airlines and continue onward on AA and still use your SWU.
Jun 15, 2016, 4:52 pm
#6
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt
Posts: 140
Sydney would be a nice stopover too since I get access to the Qantas first lounge. However, ticket prices from KUL to syd are about myr2000/usd500 and then I have to pay about usd1800+ for a syd-dfw ticket. There is no AA ticket that goes kul-syd-dfw AFAIK.
It's not too bad but I have lived in the usa for quite a while and visited everywhere I've wanted to go in the usa. Maybe except new orleans.
I've sent a message to the fellow KUL FTer. If he doesn't respond, I'll go down the list.
It's not too bad but I have lived in the usa for quite a while and visited everywhere I've wanted to go in the usa. Maybe except new orleans.
I've sent a message to the fellow KUL FTer. If he doesn't respond, I'll go down the list.
Jun 15, 2016, 5:35 pm
#8
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 210
Doing LAX-NRT soon so I don't mind being in line either Thanks for the chance.
Thanks for the chance.
Jun 16, 2016, 8:55 am
#9
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: MEM, TLV
Programs: DL, AA PLT, US, HH Gold, BW Diamond, Avis PP, Choice PLT
Posts: 559
well put me in line even though I am like 6th. lol
Jun 16, 2016, 2:33 pm
#10
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,934
For those not familiar with the term "SWU give away":
SWUs cannot be "given away" to someone without a specific use for one at that time, since it's not an actual transfer of an SWU from one account to another account (AA does not support that).
The "give away" process involves the person with the SWU calling up AA and asking that the SWU be applied to the recipient's flight, giving the name of the traveler and the flight information. So the process is that the recipient has to provide the giver with all that info.
And, obviously, the SWU could end up being "wasted" if it's applied to a flight which has no upgrade availability at that time and no upgrade availability ever opens up. (I think if it hadn't expired yet it would return / remain to the owner's account, at that point.)
SWUs cannot be "given away" to someone without a specific use for one at that time, since it's not an actual transfer of an SWU from one account to another account (AA does not support that).
The "give away" process involves the person with the SWU calling up AA and asking that the SWU be applied to the recipient's flight, giving the name of the traveler and the flight information. So the process is that the recipient has to provide the giver with all that info.
And, obviously, the SWU could end up being "wasted" if it's applied to a flight which has no upgrade availability at that time and no upgrade availability ever opens up. (I think if it hadn't expired yet it would return / remain to the owner's account, at that point.)
Jun 16, 2016, 4:49 pm
#11
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: MEM, TLV
Programs: DL, AA PLT, US, HH Gold, BW Diamond, Avis PP, Choice PLT
Posts: 559
For those not familiar with the term "SWU give away":
SWUs cannot be "given away" to someone without a specific use for one at that time, since it's not an actual transfer of an SWU from one account to another account (AA does not support that).
The "give away" process involves the person with the SWU calling up AA and asking that the SWU be applied to the recipient's flight, giving the name of the traveler and the flight information. So the process is that the recipient has to provide the giver with all that info.
And, obviously, the SWU could end up being "wasted" if it's applied to a flight which has no upgrade availability at that time and no upgrade availability ever opens up. (I think if it hadn't expired yet it would return / remain to the owner's account, at that point.)
SWUs cannot be "given away" to someone without a specific use for one at that time, since it's not an actual transfer of an SWU from one account to another account (AA does not support that).
The "give away" process involves the person with the SWU calling up AA and asking that the SWU be applied to the recipient's flight, giving the name of the traveler and the flight information. So the process is that the recipient has to provide the giver with all that info.
And, obviously, the SWU could end up being "wasted" if it's applied to a flight which has no upgrade availability at that time and no upgrade availability ever opens up. (I think if it hadn't expired yet it would return / remain to the owner's account, at that point.)
I'm still in. Got three transatlantic RT flights from now until December. I'm sure one of them has availability.
Jun 16, 2016, 4:50 pm
#12
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 354
Doing jfk-cdg on monday so if you have no takers by then would gladly use it either way, very generous of you to offer this up here
either way, very generous of you to offer this up here
Jun 16, 2016, 6:32 pm
#13
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: IL
Programs: UA-SIL MR-TIT HYT-GBL IHG-PLT HH-DIA WYN-PLT AMEX-PLT
Posts: 150
This offer was way too generous for me not to finally get an account (been an avid reader since I started flying a lot again this year). A Plat on the way to Explat hopefully this year, I have a SIN by way of HKG trip late September if you still have the SWUs unused. Thanks for the generous offer regardless.
Jun 16, 2016, 7:14 pm
#14
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
This offer was way too generous for me not to finally get an account (been an avid reader since I started flying a lot again this year). A Plat on the way to Explat hopefully this year, I have a SIN by way of HKG trip late September if you still have the SWUs unused. Thanks for the generous offer regardless.
Jun 17, 2016, 10:43 am
#15
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: IL
Programs: UA-SIL MR-TIT HYT-GBL IHG-PLT HH-DIA WYN-PLT AMEX-PLT
Posts: 150