Where is the SWU available? (Are SWU usable / useful?)
Apr 19, 2019, 3:53 pm
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Where is the SWU available? (Are SWU usable / useful?)
I've got a few SWU on AA but cannot find anything outside of the US to use them. I cannot find ANYTHING and really hate wasting a SWU on a domestic flight! Help!!
Apr 19, 2019, 3:59 pm
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Do you have expertflyer? It lets you search 7 days at a time.
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Apr 19, 2019, 4:10 pm
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This again.
Currently - AA SWU advance inventory on international longhauls is very difficult (but not impossible) to find. Attempting to book a trip solely based on SWU availability in advance is likely to be a very frustrating experience. On the other hand: booking a trip someplace you want or need to go and then clearing a SWU off a waitlist is entirely possible.
Suggest OP read one of the other threads on this topic, starting with: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...thread-39.html
Currently - AA SWU advance inventory on international longhauls is very difficult (but not impossible) to find. Attempting to book a trip solely based on SWU availability in advance is likely to be a very frustrating experience. On the other hand: booking a trip someplace you want or need to go and then clearing a SWU off a waitlist is entirely possible.
Suggest OP read one of the other threads on this topic, starting with: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...thread-39.html
Apr 19, 2019, 11:40 pm
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Please read https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...er-thread.html, particularly the Wikipost at the top of the page and recent posts.
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Apr 19, 2019, 11:59 pm
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I'd be curious if that just popped up in the last day or two or has been out there for weeks/months. Have you been tracking that flight? Last time I took it, with two non-status friends, availability literally opened at the gate and they got the last two seats with a pair of my systemwides.
Apr 20, 2019, 2:25 am
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Did that flight 3 times last year, used SWU to clear J to F at booking... even in F, its a very long flight... hate to think what passengers in Y are going thru
Apr 20, 2019, 5:02 am
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The last time this exact complaint came up a few weeks ago I found tons of SWU space to Europe in the fall on the first dates I checked.
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Apr 20, 2019, 5:11 am
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Apr 20, 2019, 5:20 am
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I would suspect that Easter Sunday would be extremely unpopular flying day as you'd miss the holiday on both sides of the flight (and Easter is part of a 4 day weekend for HK). I'm trying to think of another holiday that would be equally unpopular and can only guess New Years Eve might be similar?
Apr 20, 2019, 7:21 am
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Apr 20, 2019, 1:39 pm
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PS: my own TATL flights both ways got cleared on T-2 and T-12, without using EF.