Exec Plat Upgrade on Award Ticket priority
Nov 9, 2018, 5:01 pm
#1
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Exec Plat Upgrade on Award Ticket priority
Sorry I am confused. Is an Exec Plat on award ticket just the lowest on upgrade list with other Exec Plats or are they lower than any elite on a revenue ticket?
Nov 9, 2018, 5:17 pm
#2
Join Date: Sep 2016
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Status is the first criterion for priority. So you are below EXPs on paid tickets, but above all lower elites including even those using miles+copay or SWU on paid tickets. This is on the airport list. Of course, prior to the airport, if C but not R becomes available, then a lower elite with an instrument could clear before an EXP complimentary upgrade.
Nov 10, 2018, 2:01 pm
#3
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On that note - anyone know/have experience if it has to be an AA award? I quite frequently use BA Avios for short distance flights, I always add my AA number so I can pick MCE seats. Should that ticket qualify for an upgrade (AA flight number, BA ticket stock)? Most the time those are awards with three+ pax since usually family trips, so automatic upgrade wouldn't apply - still - sometimes I use awards for just myself.
Nov 12, 2018, 5:01 am
#4
Join Date: May 2001
Location: (AA EXP)
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It is certainly possible for an EXP to be upgraded on a ticket purchased with Avios once the AA EXP number is in the reservation.
I have done this multiple times on relatively short flights that only needed 7500 Avios.
i have no idea if this works for an EXP companion upgrade, as I have only done this traveling solo.
There are other threads about how to get your AA number in the reservation.
Good luck,
I have done this multiple times on relatively short flights that only needed 7500 Avios.
i have no idea if this works for an EXP companion upgrade, as I have only done this traveling solo.
There are other threads about how to get your AA number in the reservation.
Good luck,