Jan 6, 2019, 6:09 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
Chances of Upgrade Request Clearing
NOTE: Be aware of recent (20 May 2017) upgrade priority changes."New Upgrade Priority as of 20 May 2017
(Upgrades were prioritized by elite status and then time of request until 20 May 2017)
Elite status
- Concierge Key
- Executive Platinum
- Platinum Pro
- Platinum
- Gold
Upgrade type
- Miles and copay award upgrades and systemwide upgrades (SWU)
- 500 mile upgrades on purchased tickets
- 500 mile upgrades on upgrade eligible awards)
Then, by
- Elite qualifying dollars in the past 12 months (rolling)
- Booking class
- Time of request
See Upgrade Priority Changes to Status, Rolling 365 Day EQD Spend May 20 2017
Link to Gary Leff, View From the Wing 16 May 2017
ARCHIVE: Chances of Upgrade Clearing and Availability (2019 master thread)
May 10, 2019, 1:45 am
#526
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: KHOU/KIAH
Programs: AA EXP | Marriott Bonvoy Titanium| Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 11,268
Spoke again to an AA rep -said my upgrade chances as Gold were pretty low with only 25% J inventory remaining for my outbound itinerary LAX-HKG-TPE.
Fortunately the price in J for that outbound itinerary decreased (actually $12 less than what I paid in economy), so now I'm booked in J for my entire trip -nice way to break 2M miles!
Fortunately the price in J for that outbound itinerary decreased (actually $12 less than what I paid in economy), so now I'm booked in J for my entire trip -nice way to break 2M miles!
if not, no worries.
May 10, 2019, 1:45 am
#527
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May 10, 2019, 2:24 am
#528
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: AY+ Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,846
If memory serves, OP was originally looking at an economy round-trip for approximately $2150, which seemed high to me. No idea what OP paid for economy on the outbound and business on the return.
May 10, 2019, 9:47 am
#529
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: GCM, formerly DFW
Programs: AA Exp
Posts: 273
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May 10, 2019, 10:50 am
#530
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: The OC, DC, RIC
Programs: AA Plat, Marriott Platinum, Hertz Presidential Circle
Posts: 136
I was just going by number of seats left. Down to 6 open seats but EF has J5. Just two days ago there were 11 open seats so it seems to be looking bleak. How I love the 777 with seemingly unlimited J seats.
May 10, 2019, 5:20 pm
#531
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: OC CA
Programs: AA PLAT 2MM
Posts: 37
Then exactly one week ago I saw that the price for my outbound LAX-HKG-TPE in business dropped, so I called AA to book that outbound in I and received a credit of $11.50 -saving my miles for another day! ^
May 10, 2019, 8:48 pm
#533
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May 11, 2019, 9:48 pm
#534
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: AA EXP, AA Million Miles, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,586
My flights this week:
DEN-ORD, 738, Wednesday morning departure - cleared at 100 hours
ORD-DCA, 738, Wednesday mid-afternoon departure - cleared at 48 hours
DCA-ORD, 738, Saturday noon departure - cleared at 100 hours
ORD-DEN, 738, Saturday afternoon departure - cleared at 100+ hours (same time as the preceding segment)
DEN-ORD, 738, Wednesday morning departure - cleared at 100 hours
ORD-DCA, 738, Wednesday mid-afternoon departure - cleared at 48 hours
DCA-ORD, 738, Saturday noon departure - cleared at 100 hours
ORD-DEN, 738, Saturday afternoon departure - cleared at 100+ hours (same time as the preceding segment)
May 12, 2019, 7:59 am
#535
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
Programs: American Airlines
Posts: 30,035
My flights this week:
DEN-ORD, 738, Wednesday morning departure - cleared at 100 hours
ORD-DCA, 738, Wednesday mid-afternoon departure - cleared at 48 hours
DCA-ORD, 738, Saturday noon departure - cleared at 100 hours
ORD-DEN, 738, Saturday afternoon departure - cleared at 100+ hours (same time as the preceding segment)
DEN-ORD, 738, Wednesday morning departure - cleared at 100 hours
ORD-DCA, 738, Wednesday mid-afternoon departure - cleared at 48 hours
DCA-ORD, 738, Saturday noon departure - cleared at 100 hours
ORD-DEN, 738, Saturday afternoon departure - cleared at 100+ hours (same time as the preceding segment)
May 12, 2019, 8:48 am
#536
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,934
Open seats are the same things as the number of seats left. Some people don't reserve seats ahead of time for one reason or another, and so the number of open seats should never used as the number of available seats.
May 13, 2019, 6:45 pm
#537
Join Date: Jun 2007
Programs: SQ AA TK
Posts: 1,438
PP with 9+K EQD.
JFK-SLC Sunday afternoon, didn't clear. No. 2 + 3 (companion) on the list. Only no. 1 clear.
PHX-SLC Sunday afternoon, didn't clear. No. 2 + 3 (companion) again on the list. 2 seats, so I declined for such a short flight. GA gave it to 1 and 4. Surprised to even come this close given it was A319 flying.
JFK-SLC Sunday afternoon, didn't clear. No. 2 + 3 (companion) on the list. Only no. 1 clear.
PHX-SLC Sunday afternoon, didn't clear. No. 2 + 3 (companion) again on the list. 2 seats, so I declined for such a short flight. GA gave it to 1 and 4. Surprised to even come this close given it was A319 flying.
May 15, 2019, 6:22 pm
#538
Join Date: May 2019
Programs: American Airlines EXP
Posts: 10
Flying from PHX-LAX-NRT on AA Flight 169 on May 24th . . .
I am EXP with only just over 15K EQD's, currently holding a PE (W Class) seat. I've been wait-listed using a SWU. What do you think my chances are? Flight currently shows 11 open Business Class seats for sale. This is the first SWU Ive ever used.
Thanks!
Xerxes
Thanks!
Xerxes
May 15, 2019, 6:26 pm
#539
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
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Posts: 12,492
Your chances are good but in typical AA fashion it probably won't clear till until around 36-24 hrs before the flight. While Fridays are certainly busy days to Asia, the good news is that flying out on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend there's unlikely to be lots of last minute paid business travel. Good luck!
May 16, 2019, 8:24 am
#540
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Miami FL
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 48
Looking for some help with a business class upgrade award, Flying AA 38, Friday May 24 MIA to LHR, looking at AA seat map shows 12 seats not blocked / open. In looking at EF it shows at least 3 seats available in the J, R and D classes, does that mean there is 9 seats total available to sell or that the 3 seats fall into either class and there is only 3 seats left to sell? Thanks in advance for any help.