As a OWE you (and a guest) should have been allowed in the BA lounge so that is a bit concerning.

AA 66 (JFK-BCN): partner & I cleared 24h before boarding :)

AA 67 (BCN-JFK): we were 1&2 on upgrade list, EF had only 1 J seat available in the morning of the flight. We boarded in Y then asked about the upgrade.
Gave the upgrade to my partner and sat in the back of the plane.

QQ: partner said seat 1A remained empty during the flight, assume it is for reserved for Pilot. Can anyone confirmed?

Yes, Humboldt regional (Arcata/Eureka) 2 cabin F on a CRJ200. We were all listed as "upgrade requested." F cabin was empty before we were upgraded. It was 120 hours out when all three of us were upgraded and I have still yet to check in. Did nothing special after booking the flight. Had been previously advised to split the record from my companions in order for myself to get upgraded, but had elected not to. What is very strange is that it appears my two companions who have platinum status inherited my status for the upgrade. My wife, who is also platinum, is on a separate PNR and has yet to be upgraded. She should have had priority as a platinum over my companions has she has flown more in the last 12 months than they have. But I'm sure she will get the upgrade with all of the empty F seats that remain.

thank you so much for the details. very helpful. i would assume all 3 people under 1 PNR luckily got upgraded due to the empty F and youre EXP. ur companions riding on your status. otherwise, its my understanding that AA still upgrades based on "single flyer" PNRs and you would be skipped if linked with more people (and only 1 upgrade available). of course, your wife is an interesting case. its totally possible that she will not be upgraded if other EXPs show up for the flight. you may have to give up your seat for wife or face the consequences. haha.

JFK-MAD cleared with 15,000 point upgrade from W class to C class. Biz went out with two empty. Coach was 100% full.

Oh forgot: DCA-CHS-DCA cleared at ~ T-72 (maybe T-70 on one), including on a A319. First A319 upgrade in a while...

Just found c spaces available from lax to Europe for my wife and I and round trips were confirmed. Had great luck this year and last

Very small world indeed! I’d say solid service despite it no longer being a meal exception route.

What was also a “small world” moment was someone coming up to me at a clothing store in the middle of Dublin asking if I was on the inbound ORD flight (which I was).

A couple questions on mileage upgrades, which I don't use that often. Would appreciate the help from those who understand the system a little better.

1) I called to place one of my wife's itineraries on the mileage upgrade waitlist, using miles from my account. In the past, when I have waitlisted myself for a mileage upgrade, viewing the reservation normally shows an "Upgrades" section where the status is "Waitlisted". Her PNR does not show that. Is this a quirk of the system? Others have noted that the option to buy-up to First disappears when you're waitlisted, and in fact that did happen, so maybe everything is fine.

2) If I upgrade her economy seats to MCE using miles and then the mileage upgrade clears, will the system automatically redeposit the miles used for MCE before deducting the miles used for the upgrade? The T&Cs around seat upgrade purchases say you get a refund if "You pay to upgrade to First or Business" but I don't know if miles+copay counts as "pay to upgrade" in terms of refund eligibility.

3) Does the waitlist system use my status (PlatPro) or hers (none) in determining priority for processing the upgrade?

AA2923 BOS-LAX for Monday and I cleared into J this morning as a PPro about 90min into the window. So chuffed about this one for a 6+hour flight, Im quite pleased to be in a lie-flat. Really thought this one might be a T-40 upgrade if at all

My wife and I are booked on a flight Saturday evening, same PNR. I am EXP, she is PP. We were both upgraded at the same time to two of the last three open F seats. One remains open. I think we were the first upgrades within the complimentary window. I need to drop from the trip, so she will fly alone. When I call to have AA split the PNR and then cancel me will she get booted back to coach? Or do companion upgrades stick even when the higher ranked elite cancels?

Given that she also has PP status the upgrade should stick AFAIK.

If she didn't have status then she would (most likely) lose it, however in some cases like this you never know with AA's IT.

JFK-BOS 7/9 Evening flight (321T) — cleared at the EP window. Needed to cancel it due to a change in plans, but J was booked 4 of 10 with no one on the waitlist. J was a $210 fare difference at booking about six weeks ago, and was being offered $106 -> $76 on the app.

Reservation split. I then cancelled within an hour of first flight. Her seats did not change on either flight.

7/9 AA151 CDG-ORD: a minor miracle! After getting the dreaded SSSS on my boarding pass, my 2 SWU’s for me and my spouse cleared at the very last minute (departure scheduled at 16:05, upgrade cleared at 15:36). Went from MCE to row 1.