srikp

I have never been able to see any additional offers after I have flown one leg of the journey or accepted an offer.

WalruSara

I have some offers like that for a couple of multi-leg trips in September and November. I recently rebooked to add a third traveler and the offer disappeared for one of them. I’m hoping it returns, too.

sof_lance

QQ. For these in-app upgrade offers to J or F, under benefits, there are no mentions of lounge access. Only says larger seat, priority check in, free checked baggages. I should get to use the lounge right?

EXP100

As long as you have a BP for a J seat for an International flight that allows lounge access you should have access.

srikp

I am flying JFK-DEL-JFK next week.

I have requested an upgrade using SWU for the return leg. I was hoping to snag an upgrade offer for outbound but i do not see any offer although there are over 12 seats still showing as available.

I have only 3 SWU (one short) and hence cannot request SWU for outbound.

So question for those in the know. Does AA not offer in App upgrades if I have an SWU for one segment?

Jaenks

AA3 JFK-LAX from DF to FF $359, one month until the flight. Not interested, because FF is nothing special. Have flown before and will collect miles to BAEC program.

sof_lance

Flying PE from LAX-LHR-FRA RT. Was offered to upgrade to J anywhere from $900 to $4600 for just LAX-LHR (in or out).

Zacnlinc

Immediately after booking SFO (Y) - JFK (F), (A321T) I was offer upgrade option for ourbound leg to J or F for sub $1K. In fact the upgrade to F was less than the price for J. It was a no-brainer choice for indeed. Day 5 before departure, I guess RM wants to get the front filled with ugrades before shifting folks around.

I also noticed at booking that the price for the return was less to be in F than in J. It was a reasonable price increase from Y, so I took the offer as well. This is my 2nd time finding "deals" to just pay for the upgrades and not stress about the upgrading games. Think AA has my profile pegged! LOL

merlin90

I'm flying BOS-LAX next Monday and currently being offered $291 buy-up from Y to J. I am tempted although the wide-open J availability is currently convincing me to hold off and try for a complimentary upgrade instead. There is sadly no C upgrade inventory available.

I'm also being offered the chance to upgrade DCA-BOS on the same day for $152, which I won't be going near.

RichieMc

I did DUB-LHR-JFK-SFO return last week. When I booked in Feb, I got in app offers on all 4 AA segments. The only sane one was $350 for J to F on JFK-SFO. I took it as I had a long layover in JFK and wanted to try FFD. All other offer disappeared. When I finally was able to check in online (that's a whole other story with lots of VeriFLY shennanigans on top of the fact that DUB-LHR was the day before the LHR-US flight) I got offered $500 for LHR-JFK. Never been on AA First so took that as well. Rather disappointing I have to say. On way home, there was no online check in possible (stil not sure why) but asked at the desk and after initially denying that such a thing was possible, I got J to F on the SFO-JFK leg for $240.

Jumping from J to F on the transcon is quite a big difference. Not sure the food or even the service is much different, but it might be worth it if you value not having to climb over a stranger or get climbed over in J. Don0t think I'd ever upgrade to F on TATL 77W unless it was just silly cheap.

I credited the points to BA and interestingly, the upgrade I made in app 6 weeks before flying gave me the tier piints for First. The upgrades at check in stayed Business. I made a mileage request to see what would happen, but won't be disappointed if they stay as is.

Stripe

I got a couple offers to upgrade a JFK-AUS flight later this week. F was down to 4 seats and Y was pretty full so I was getting nervous about the complimentary upgrade. The total of the coach ticket + the upgrade fee was less than the outright F fare, but not by much. And the money spent on the upgrade earns you zero loyalty points. So I just rebooked in F to get the full LP credit. Probably paid $25-30 more than the upgrade.

kenk85

I wasn’t sure which thread this would go under and I skimmed through a few before posting

is there a specific time that the app begins to offer discounted first class seats? I have a flight to Vegas in a few weeks and I probably won’t get the bump on stats. Just curious what it would cost. If I search for the flight with first class/business class specified, it still shows 4 seats available on AA.com

VegasGambler

They are not always discounted but they usually show up right away (often they are just upfares though)

Are you on a basic economy fare? You won't get the offers if you are since those can't be changed

ORDflyer92

I think AA stops showing in-app offers once you use a SWU; at least that has been my experience so far. However, you might be able to call and upgrade or try to upgrade at the counter. First step is probably to check the OW fare difference that they are selling in case it's low now.

kyushuman

Rare AA flyer, have flown transcon J once-- nice experience.
I got the great NYC-CGK fare for $2500 minus a Trip Credit I have that was expiring, so it was a great deal. Was able to route for 840 BA TPs (6 flights x 140 TPs)
It's JFK- SFO on a Monday at 8:29PM, then JAL flights on the international sectors, returning for a 1pm SFO-JFK the next week.
Got a $350 J to F upgrade offer each way, JFK-SFO and return.... After doing about 30 min of research, and trying to figure out if info is from pre Covid etc-- I have a few comments/questions I'd love some feedback on. Based on my preliminary thoughts, I'd like to do the upgrade on the outbound just for fun and also to try out the FF Dining. I'll have several hours in the lounge after my positioning flight. On the return there is just a blah Admirals Club in SFO so I don't think it'd be worth it any way.

1) Food and drink is identical in F and J. Yes?
2) Seating on F is single seats vs. pairs on J
3) F boarding pass would all me into the Flagship First Dining, while J would not
4) I'm OW Sapphire and would get FF lounge access anyway (or maybe I would on J transcon anyway too?)
5) I'm a BA Silver (Sapphire)-- I have read that British Airways TPs are occasionally awarded 210 TPs for the upgraded F class (even though accrual should likely be the original fare class of R so 140 TPs) . Anyone with recent experience on this?
6) Is this $350 price normal/good/bad? Does the offer change/disappear much?

THANK YOU for any recent info!