Last minute upgrade priority question
Mar 27, 2019, 6:37 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 161
Last minute upgrade priority question
for 2019 -
lets say youre EXP and have your complimentary upgrade in the system.... but it hasn’t cleared. You get to the airport and have an hour before boarding and notice you’re not #1 on the queue but somewhere less than that.
If you call the desk and have your upgrade changed from the complimentary to either a SWU or Awards/CO-Pay.... does that trump a complimentary upgrade at the airport. I swear this worked for me one time... but then I called the desk and they said that won’t effect anything either.... ???
lets say youre EXP and have your complimentary upgrade in the system.... but it hasn’t cleared. You get to the airport and have an hour before boarding and notice you’re not #1 on the queue but somewhere less than that.
If you call the desk and have your upgrade changed from the complimentary to either a SWU or Awards/CO-Pay.... does that trump a complimentary upgrade at the airport. I swear this worked for me one time... but then I called the desk and they said that won’t effect anything either.... ???
Mar 27, 2019, 7:20 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2017
Location: San Francisco
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 369
Yes, switching to SWU or a mileage award will move your priority above EXPs requesting a complimentary upgrade. But I am fairly sure you cannot request either within one hour of departure. At least that's what I was told when trying to request a mileage upgrade at T-2.
Mar 27, 2019, 9:32 pm
#4
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Empire State
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Posts: 461
Mar 27, 2019, 9:42 pm
#5
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: NY
Programs: DL DM, Ex-AA EXP, HZ Pres, MRT AMB/LTP
Posts: 130
Mar 28, 2019, 12:08 am
#7
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Live: IWI; Work: DCA/Everywhere; Play: LAS/SJU/MLE
Programs: AA EXP, DL PM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Ambassador/LTP, Nat'l Exec Elite, LEYE Gold
Posts: 6,663
Mar 28, 2019, 4:44 am
#8
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: PHL
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Mar 28, 2019, 7:51 am
#9
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 3,698
You're thinking of a different airline. Delta and United have cutoff rules like this. AA does not have any pre-defined limit on when you can apply an upgrade instrument, although it becomes harder to convince people to spend the time on it the closer you get to departure time.
Mar 28, 2019, 8:23 am
#10
Join Date: May 2017
Location: San Francisco
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 369
You're thinking of a different airline. Delta and United have cutoff rules like this. AA does not have any pre-defined limit on when you can apply an upgrade instrument, although it becomes harder to convince people to spend the time on it the closer you get to departure time.
