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My J class SWU for Flt 106 JFK>LHR tomorrow cleared around T-34. This flight was showing pretty wide open in J for the past few weeks so I was optimistic that a Friday night flight would clear. EF is still showing J5.
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I had a weird chance to watch an upgrade happen in real time.
Am booked on a MIA-PHX flight and all non-stops for the day are zeroed out (which struck me as odd) so I wasn't optimistic about this one. I have EF alerts set up, but often check manually given the periodic nature of the way EF works. Yesterday, I checked and saw my flight was J1. I went to aa.com to see what the fare was to see if it was worth doing an upfare, but AA showed no availability. I went back to EF and ran the search again and now it was J0. I joked to myself "wouldn't it be funny if I was just upgraded?" and I, with my foolish optimism, checked the AA app and, sure enough, I saw my seat assignment was gone! I clicked on the Upgrades button and it now showed confirmed! No seat assignment was made, so I went ahead and took the only open seat (not sure if AA would have done that automatically, but wasn't going to risk it). A few minutes later, I received the "Your upgrade is confirmed" email showing my seat assignment I just made. EXP with 24K rolling EQD. It's nice when the system works as it should (sad when it's the exception and not the norm). |
Regarding my PBI woes earlier, upcoming flight
PHL-PBI (cleared at 100 hours) Surprising because the back of the plane shows maybe one or two seats open. I cleared into one of the 2 F seats that hadn't yet been sold. Figured i'd sweat it out while AA waited for someone to buy those last two F seats. |
Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet
(Post 30997288)
Regarding my PBI woes earlier, upcoming flight
PHL-PBI (cleared at 100 hours) Surprising because the back of the plane shows maybe one or two seats open. I cleared into one of the 2 F seats that hadn't yet been sold. Figured i'd sweat it out while AA waited for someone to buy those last two F seats. |
Interesting week...4/8 original plan DCA-LGA-TYS, cleared first two legs at 72 hrs. Rebooked via the app (very conveniently I’d add) due to weather DCA-PHL-TYS, cleared on first leg at change and second flight only a main cabin. 4/12 TYS-LGA-DCA both cleared at 72 hours. Changed to TYS-CLT-IAD day before, second leg cleared at booking under 24h. Arrived at TYS with weather delays affecting all flights, stood by on direct DCA flight. 51st passenger of 50 and back on TYS-CLT-DCA. TYS-CLT has no more than ten non revs but what I gathered were very grumpy passengers. They upgraded everyone to the front though two disgruntled men sat in the first row of economy as protest. They had been constantly arguing with the gate agent about the actual weather and they didn’t deserve anything. I was the only one looking for a PDB and the FA delivered, interesting flight. CLT was pretty backed up, but thankfully that allowed me to make my connection at #2 on the list, and 3 seats cleared at boarding. Weirdly, the door was shut with 1 seat open. The door was shut for almost 15 mins before they opened it and some guy sat down in 1D. Thought it was strange they didn’t move somebody up once they shut the door. This week, I’ve already cleared for DCA-PHL-DCA. For regional flights my clearing rate is pretty high at PP, often at 72 hours. |
CDG-DFW AA49 4/21 SWU cleared at T-100 hours as EXP with low EQD. J cabin looks quite open.
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Originally Posted by mikhailm
(Post 31009583)
CDG-DFW AA49 4/21 SWU cleared at T-100 hours as EXP with low EQD. J cabin looks quite open.
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DFW-HKG better to use copay miles or business extra cert?
Hello all. Booked just today PE DFW-HKG on April 28. IM a ppro 12 month eqd about 12k. I waitlisted copay miles but wondering if I should use a business extra certificate. Are the chances better with that? Also flying back HKG-LAX May 2. Same PE and waitlisted. Thank you everyone. |
Originally Posted by wireless_999
(Post 31011533)
Hello all. Booked just today PE DFW-HKG on April 28. IM a ppro 12 month eqd about 12k. I waitlisted copay miles but wondering if I should use a business extra certificate. Are the chances better with that? Also flying back HKG-LAX May 2. Same PE and waitlisted. Thank you everyone. And Business Extra has two added wrinkles that lower your odds: (1) if C availability pops up and you have an ExpertFlyer alert set, the Meeting Services agents are much less likely to be able or willing to "push it through" compared to a regular AA agent on a miles upgrade; and (2) Meeting Services has limited phone hours, so if C pops up when they're closed and your waitlist doesn't clear automatically, you're sort of out of luck. Of course, the odds of these events may not be very high, but they aren't issues at all with miles/copay. |
Originally Posted by HofstraJet
(Post 30992091)
I had a weird chance to watch an upgrade happen in real time.
Am booked on a MIA-PHX flight and all non-stops for the day are zeroed out (which struck me as odd) so I wasn't optimistic about this one. I have EF alerts set up, but often check manually given the periodic nature of the way EF works. Yesterday, I checked and saw my flight was J1. I went to aa.com to see what the fare was to see if it was worth doing an upfare, but AA showed no availability. I went back to EF and ran the search again and now it was J0. I joked to myself "wouldn't it be funny if I was just upgraded?" and I, with my foolish optimism, checked the AA app and, sure enough, I saw my seat assignment was gone! I clicked on the Upgrades button and it now showed confirmed! No seat assignment was made, so I went ahead and took the only open seat (not sure if AA would have done that automatically, but wasn't going to risk it). A few minutes later, I received the "Your upgrade is confirmed" email showing my seat assignment I just made. EXP with 24K rolling EQD. It's nice when the system works as it should (sad when it's the exception and not the norm). |
Curious if there are any recent EXP who cleared LAX-LHR with mileage upgrade and/or BXP3? Traveling LAX to LHR in late May and back in early June. Have only flown these routes and been upgraded previously as a Plat so curious if EXP's are clearing on this route in advance...
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Originally Posted by apschneider84
(Post 31012471)
Curious if there are any recent EXP who cleared LAX-LHR with mileage upgrade and/or BXP3? Traveling LAX to LHR in late May and back in early June. Have only flown these routes and been upgraded previously as a Plat so curious if EXP's are clearing on this route in advance...
On the other hand I usually book 1-2 weeks before and can look to see how full the flight is - I do tend to avoid days when upgrades look unlikely, but you can't do this when booking more than a few weeks before (since most J sells in the 1-3 weeks prior). |
Originally Posted by mikhailm
(Post 31009583)
CDG-DFW AA49 4/21 SWU cleared at T-100 hours as EXP with low EQD. J cabin looks quite open.
Originally Posted by econometrics
(Post 31009667)
Thanks for this. We don’t see a lot of data points on this route. But I’ve heard it can be a tough upgrade, especially in summer. |
Originally Posted by SeattleDavid
(Post 31012597)
I do this route regularly and have never not cleared - SWU or miles - and they've always cleared a few days before (or more). I had one recently that cleared at ticketing (4 weeks before the flight).
On the other hand I usually book 1-2 weeks before and can look to see how full the flight is - I do tend to avoid days when upgrades look unlikely, but you can't do this when booking more than a few weeks before (since most J sells in the 1-3 weeks prior). |
Plat with 12 month EQD of 6.5k. cleared at T-48 for LAX - TUS 4/18 and about T-30 for TUS - DFW 4/18. Pleasant surprised to see I got 2/5 flights upgraded on my 2 day trip.
I have a miles + copay request for LAX - SYD 7/3. crossing my fingers! 13 J seats remain. |
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