Hell of a flight to clear, has to be probably their longest flight in the lower 48.

It's a 6:47-long flight, same at JFK-LHR! Of all the flights to clear, this one has the biggest ROI for sure

Today #2 out of 23 for 0 seats tpa-dca

Just a slap on the face to sit here at 2 days from ORD-MIA flight with J8 C4 and no EXP upgrades handed out, and app offer is now $136 which is so cheap, some will probably take it today. For comparison, the app offer is what 500-mile upgrade coupons used to cost to be waitlisted on this route ($120 for 3) just a few years ago.

Sad panda.

[UPDATE: Now almost at check-in window with J6 C5, upgrades unlikely to have been handed out yet as good MCE seats are available and more did not open up. App offer is still up. Lame.]

[UPDATE2: #1 out of 17. No seats left, no one seems to have cleared. At 300k LP I expect more. I’m def not doing this next year.]

Number 2 yesterday (EXP with about 250K LP 12 month trailing) on a morning A319 CLT/ATL flight. No one cleared but of course a very short flight and I got a row i Y to myself. Last night ATL/MIA (paid F) 2 upgraders downgraded out of aisle seats in row 1 (I was 1F) as the FA jump seat was broken and they needed those 2 seats for take off and landing. The other night RDU/CLT 10 passengers onboard an A321, 3 in Y. Given a bunch of snacks to go.

DCA-ATL last flight this Saturday cleared at T-72 as I expected. PPRO/~100k rolling LPs.

Lets go Commanders!

I notice 1D is consistently blocked on EF on transpacific flights on the 787. Do they release that at the gate or is it a crew rest. I'm flying back from ICN to DFW at the end of the month.

ORD to Bangor Maine on Monday Plat Pro with 120Kpoints and plt companion upgraded today.

This week - 4 for 4:

• DEN-CLT, A321, Wednesday, ~8am: cleared at 26 hours
• CLT-DCA, A319, Wednesday, ~130pm: cleared at 26 hours
• DCA-PHL, CR9, Friday, ~445pm: cleared at around 20 hours
• PHL-DEN, A321, Friday, ~630pm: cleared at around 20 hours.

Maybe 275 rolling LP? Don't really know, will hit 200K for this program year enroute on this PHL-DEN (once it finally departs, as it is of course delayed)

Due to some weird life situations, I have my 4 SWUs from 2022 which expire end of March 2024, but I won't be able to fly until late March. I don't care WHERE, I go, I just want to have them not go to waste. Any tips on looking for these 3-5 months out for April/May like you did? Or is it basically just check every intl route every day until you find ones with availability?

There is tons of C space out there now (relatively speaking) this fall, winter, and early spring. The very first random date I checked in April (10th) there is C space showing on JFK-LHR, for example. Get an EF subscription and start checking.

PPRO 71k LPs YTD

10/13/23 LAX-SFO AA4885: 10/13 (ouch!) on list for 0 seats, no one cleared.

10/14/23 SFO-LAX AA4884: 3/6 for two seats, didn’t clear

Ord to lhr purchased yesterday for later this month. Upgrade cleared at booking.

Yeah I've had EF for a decade heh. I know I've seen LHR, but wasn't sure if there was an easy way to search for the dozens of other destinations.

Now the debate if I should just lock up a mid-April LHR or wait to see. Decisions decisions.

The only tip I would add is using the “search +-3 days” drop-down option on EF—you still have to search every destination for every week, but it saves a few steps