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Originally Posted by Avocados
(Post 31359961)
I've been a long time lurker on this forum; figured it's time to contribute now that I've achieved some very minor status with AA. Attained Gold in mid-June and wanted to provide my upgrade stats for some data points; I believe this is the correct thread. In general, I have to say I am surprised by how much success I've had as a Gold after reading through so many tales of upgrade woe, even for EPs. Though to be fair, two of these I technically used a companion's platinum status being booked on their reservation, if I understand the PNR linking correctly. Overall I'm 4 of 7:
CLT - HSV on a CR7 I believe: Cleared at 24 hours HSV - CLT, same: Cleared at 24 RDU - LGA, on an E190: Cleared at 48 hours (adopted wife's platinum status, as we booked under her account) LGA - RDU, on an E190: Cleared at 48, same as above My misses were PHL -RDU and RDU - CLT and the return CLT - RDU. |
A couple of recent ones for me.
7/24 PHL - DFW - #1 & 2 on list (out of 32) for me and companion - Miss 7/24 DFW - SAF - Cleared both at T-50 7/29 SAF - DFW - Cleared both of us at gate 7/29 - DFW - PHL - #2 & 3 on list (out of 28) - Miss I have about 30K in rolling EQD - Dallas continues to be a tough get...... |
MAD => JFK
T24 upgrade. SWU from premium economy, EXP, Sunday 8/4 AA 95. |
CLT-LHR
Plat in CLT going to LHR 9/7-9/14. Considering flying CLT-RDU-LHR AA174 to improve my odds using miles+cash with it being a 772, 23 seats still available, booking P and EF showing J7 R7 D7 I7 W1 P1 Y7 B7 H7 K7 M7 L7 G7 V7 S7 N7 Q7 O7 E7 ~30 Days out
Direct from CLT to LHR are flown with 333 and have fewer seats. EF showing J7 with only 7 seats left on AA730 Any thoughts as to a better option or ways to improve? |
7/28 - AUS-DFW - Miss - #4 on list
7/28 - DFW-SNA - Miss - #3 on list 7/31 - SNA-DFW - Miss - #5 on list (this one had 11 seats open in F 10 days before departure) 7/31 - DFW-AUS - Cleared - T-100 Definitely the worst performance ever on an AA trip for me. Consolation prize on the SNA flights was exit row seats with an empty middle, so I can't complain too much. |
ORD-ATL round trip Both legs cleared for upgrade at T-48, using stickers. Not really a huge deal on the shorter flight, but sharing for reference. I was still surprised it happened and so early. |
Monday AM MIA-DCA has become non-existent much to my chagrin. I blame August vacations to the Caribbean and the MAX grounding. Grr this was guaranteed for me on either the 7 or 8 am flights for most of the year until recently.
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Originally Posted by cocallaw
(Post 31386965)
Plat in CLT going to LHR 9/7-9/14. Considering flying CLT-RDU-LHR AA174 to improve my odds using miles+cash with it being a 772, 23 seats still available, booking P and EF showing J7 R7 D7 I7 W1 P1 Y7 B7 H7 K7 M7 L7 G7 V7 S7 N7 Q7 O7 E7 ~30 Days out
Direct from CLT to LHR are flown with 333 and have fewer seats. EF showing J7 with only 7 seats left on AA730 Any thoughts as to a better option or ways to improve? |
Something must have changed with LAX-HKG perhaps due to the protests. Business class shows completely empty, yet C space never opens up, even up until the day of. Has anyone seen C space open on this route lately?
Edit, take that back, I see C space open this Monday now |
Originally Posted by no2chem
(Post 31402186)
Something must have changed with LAX-HKG perhaps due to the protests. Business class shows completely empty, yet C space never opens up, even up until the day of. Has anyone seen C space open on this route lately?
Edit, take that back, I see C space open this Monday now |
Originally Posted by lax555
(Post 31404793)
C seems to open up LAX-HKG at around T-36 assuming sufficient J inventory is available.
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Notifications coming in often from ExpertFlyer for 3-4 upgrade seats on an 8/15 DEN-ORD flight, but here we are floating up on T-48 and no EXPs have been given upgrades. I've checked a few times since the first notification over the weekend, and figured at T-100 I'd get bumped. That time came and went with no upgrades.
Quick check now and EF still shows 3 available for upgrade on this flight. Guess they'll just hold them for airport control on day-of flight. One day we'll figure out their algorithm for upgrade clearing! |
I know DFW to HKG is a hard upgrade, but I am flying on 8/20. Expertflyer shows 7 in all business classes. Looking on the seat map (yes it is not accurate) is shows 15 out of 52 seats occupied. I guess I will check at t-36 to see if that is AA algorithm.
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Originally Posted by JTK
(Post 31414966)
I know DFW to HKG is a hard upgrade, but I am flying on 8/20. Expertflyer shows 7 in all business classes. Looking on the seat map (yes it is not accurate) is shows 15 out of 52 seats occupied. I guess I will check at t-36 to see if that is AA algorithm.
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Currently AA Gold, I normally fly SFO or OAK to PHX, but decided to go STS > LAX > PHX on my last trip (8/13) since each leg is < 500 miles and I'm trying to get those last segments to Platinum this year. Got upgraded on both the STS > LAX and LAX > PHX legs at T-24.
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