Any insight into AA123 DFW-HNL on 2/28? Was J7I7W7 this morning, down to J5I2W2. Am I safe to think PEY is oversold and they're holding back J seats to accommodate upgrades? There are still plenty of unassigned seats in J - I know they could be taken by J pax without seat assignments but I'd find that odd on a Hawaii route. Fingers crossed!

If you're talking about 100 hours then you mean a 500 mile upgrade - those come from R which you can't check.

yes, just my standard EXP upgrades. Okay, I didn't know they came from a different class. C is just cheap award / SWU, then, right?

edit: not sure why I can't delete this, meant to "quick respond" to [MENTION=9732]iadisgreat[/MENTION].

C is SWU or Miles and co-pay.

Mine is oversold. 4 spots available in business and almost 10 people on the list. I have no chance of clearing, according to the AA person who checked my chances at the lounge. Oh well. I better drink some more wine before boarding! ;)

Any insight into LAX - AKL SWU? I'm EXP and would be flying on a Thursday in Nov. Route is non-stop as well, so I'm weary that it'll actually clear :(

It really is the best feature of the "new" AAdvantage... I'm paying more overall with buying paid F/J and of course the EQD requirement, but occasionally strategically buying a one way domestic award for 8,750 miles with the Citi reduced mileage discount and having the upgrades clear at T-100 is pretty nice. Works best on traditionally higher priced routes that are not elite heavy.

Last year I was upgraded to J several days before my HKG-LAX leg. However on the day of the flight, the inbound flight from DFW was severely delayed. The delay kept changing from a 1 AM departure (next day) all the way to an 11 AM departure (next day). I was then automatically offered to be rebooked on the next day departure through DFW (in J). I called EXP desk and asked for any flight options that left that day. I was told that if I elected, I could take the DFW flight in a middle Y seat which I declined. I told them to keep my existing seat on the LAX flight the next morning. I then went to ask the HKG servicing company for a hotel room for the night. At which time they presented me (and several others who were in line) with tickets on a CX flight to SFO departing in the next 45 minutes, in J !! (with also a domestic connection on United, in F) which got me home around the same time as my original flight.

When I spoke with EXP desk a few days later for a different matter I inquired about getting seated in J vs Y on the CX flight. I was told that once the SWU clears, you have a J ticket and if you need to be put on a different airline, they must put you in the equivalent cabin.

So, I am thinking (as I write this I am on the upgrade waitlist for AA192 on 2/27) that since this flight, if there is a delay, could be a major delay, they would rather not have to deal with a whole bunch of J pax that need to be accommodated. So if they delay the upgrade until they know for sure the flight has a strong likelihood of leaving relatively on time, they they can save a themselves a lot of hassle by keeping lower-cost options open.

Maybe, who knows. My SWU HKG-DFW cleared around 28h before departure a few weeks ago. around T24, the flight did the same thing as you mentioned here... delayed until the next morning at 7am (vs. 3:45pm departure). I immediately called with specific flights I wanted on CX via LAX and they rebooked us into an I fare. Got the EQM for I and not W, too. And they didn't take out an SWU. I don't think the system had enough time to fully process it out of my account before we changed flights. :)

Hmm, when I experienced IRROPs on my flight to Tokyo (upgraded from W to J with SWU), I asked AA to put me on a CX flight via HKG since it was the only flight option available would still get me into TYO on the same day. I was told since the ticket was upgraded using a SWU, AA could only rebook me in J on AA-operated flights. I've seen on FT that this is agent dependent, but does anyone have insight into whether customers are technically allowed to be rebooked in J on partner airlines if originally upgraded via a SWU?

It happened to a friend of mine earlier this month. Original routing was LAX-HKG on AA metal, upgraded from Y to J on an SWU, cleared T-24. Flight went mx and cancelled, they rebooked him in J on CX out of SFO. I think it's highly agent dependent.

I just cleared for Friday afternoon DFW-DTW.

I noticed my new seat assignment is labeled "business" as opposed to "first". Now I know when I fly DFW-MEX it says business as that is what AA markets it is but I thought pure domestic legs were still called "first".