Exp 125,000 lp
 

OGG—DFW upgraded t-98 hours
DFW-PHX #10 on upgrade list of 50. 3 gate upgrades. So far, never upgraded DFW-PHX-DFW on daytime flights.

Ugh.

It surely can't be long before AA follows DL/AS and starts considering MCE an 'upgrade'.

SLC-DFW today 12:11 PM flight.

#3 out of 12 on wait-list. Top 2 cleared. I was the first loser. I have an MCE window with an empty middle seat so not so bad.

PPro 9000 EQD last year and around 28,000 LP so far this year.

Bunch of flights for the past two months. First flight I had roughly 30k LPs last flight 70k. EP

3/11 DTW-CLT 738 cleared at 100
3/13 CLT-DTW 738 cleared at 100
3/18 DTW-LGA 175 cleared at 100
LGA-MIA 738 cleared at 100
MIA-EYW 175 did not clear was #3/9 for 2 seats
3/30 EYW-MIA 175 cleared at 100
MIA-AUS 738 cleared at 100
AUS-LAS 738 payed upgrade
3/31 LAS-CLT 321 cleared at 100
CLT-EYW 319 cleared at 100
4/2 EYW-MIA 175 cleared at 100
MIA-ATL 738 cleared at 100
4/3 ATL-MIA 321 cleared at 100
MIA-EYW 175 cleared at 100
4/4 EYW-MIA 175 cleared at 100
MIA-PHL 321 did not clear was 1/10 on list for 0 seats
PHL-DTW 175 cleared at 100
4/9 (booked 4pm on 4/8)DTW-DFW cleared at gate 1/6 on list
DFW-MIA 788 did not clear. 5/21 for 3 seats
MIA-EYW cleared at booking
4/11(booked 4/8 4pm)EYW-MIA 175 cleared at booking
MIA-DTW 175 cleared at gate. 1/3 for 2 seats
4/15 DTW-MIA 175 cleared at 100
MIA-EYW 175 cleared at 100
4/19 EYW-MIA 175 cleared at 100
MIA-PHL 788 cleared at 100
PHL-DTW crj700 cleared at gate. 1/7 for 1 seat

42/50 on upgrades this year so far

4/22 DCA-SAV cleared at exactly T-48 [PL 38k LPs]

4/20, LAX-DCA, 1pm: 11th of 26 on the waitlist, 1 cleared. (Platinum, ~28,000 LPs)

Assistance on upgrade
 

Haven't been in the air for 2.5 years and finally making it back. I was looking for upgrade inventory to/from Hawaii and it obviously looks bleak. I'm a little rusty. Went to EF and saw C3 but I hadn't searched by the individual segments. So, while I was on the phone with the AAgent, I saw one segment LAX-ORD was showing C7. We are a party of 3. I just asked if all 3 of us would get upgraded on that flight (not that I would use miles for that) and told her I saw C7. She tells me that there is only 1 seat available. What am I missing here? Thanks in advance for the refresher.

Did you use award search or flight availability? Award search will show the accurate count.

Used Awards and Upgrades to get C7 on AA1029 LAX-ORD for 8/15

Platinum, ~30,000 LPs

04/25, DCA-BOS (8am): 7th of 15, no one cleared
04/25, BOS-LAX (7.35pm): cleared T-48

Return trip SAV-DCA 4/24, cleared about T-4, managed to get 2 companions up with me too (stickers coming in useful). I thought I could only get one companion upgraded with me but TIL.

50% upgrade success on EWN-MEM with layovers both ways in CLT as Plat Pro.

This week’s datapoints:

BOS-PHL Monday last flight (delayed): Cleared at T-100. A321 went out with a few open seats and a clean list.

PHL-BOS Tuesday evening 2nd last flight: Cleared at T-100. A321 F20 with 20 on the list when we pushed with five clearing.

BOS-DCA Thursday evening 7:30 pm: Cleared at T-30. Was J0 a week out so that was surprising. No one cleared and the list was 22 deep.

DCA-BOS Friday 6 pm: Bought up for a cool $60 as it was J1 a week out. 11 on the list and one cleared.

They've definitely tweaked the RM algos for buy ups (and in our favor imo), prior to a couple of weeks ago I never saw them for less than $97, but the other day my DCA-CLT which was showing J2 offered me $45pp for me & the OH which is an absolute no brainer.

That’s a good deal in my book. I called my TA and booked it as an up-fare. I want to say the app instant upgrade was on the 90s. The outbound briefly flashed for nearly $200. Not worth it, especially when row 14 was wide open.