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safari ari Oct 30, 2023 6:26 pm


Originally Posted by skydelt (Post 35706310)
After years of DL, matched over to AS MVP Gold as I do a lot of cross-country trips (e.g., BOS-SEA, BOS-SAN). My understanding is on AA, MVP Gold will upgrade for domestic flights after AA Platinum, but before AA Gold - is that right?

I have no frame of reference admittedly for how frequent upgrades are at each level, do I have any shot on most routes with that positioning? Have a lot of BOS-ORD/BOS-CLT/PVD-ORD coming up if helpful.

https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...a-airlines.jsp
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...ar-2021-a.html

IADCAflyer Oct 31, 2023 4:12 pm

Well today was interesting:

Cleared MIA-DCA right at T-100 but GCM-MIA did not initially clear. 737-Max8 with about 4 empty seats at T-100.
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GCM-MIA cleared this morning at about T-9 hours.

Arrived MIA in record time to find my MIA-DCA flight is running an hour late, and did not want to get caught in the purgatory of rolling delays, so I went to the Admirals Club to change to an earlier flight.

AC agent happily confirmed me in Y but could not apparently confirm me in F and put me on the upgrade list.

The kicker is that there were 9 available seats in F (A321NEO).

On standby, I immediately posted as #4 on the list - 4/25. Upgrade cleared about 30 minutes after being put on the list.

The upgrade list (and the regular standby list) grew very quickly as other passengers were bailing off of the later flight.

KBMIFlyer Nov 1, 2023 1:52 pm

Have another weird one. BMI-DFW-LAX on November 3.

DFW-LAX (777) cleared at T-100
BMI-DFW (E175) still has not cleared at 48 hours despite showing J6 C6 availability on Expert Flyer. I would say 90% of the time this flight clears at 100 hours for me.

safari ari Nov 1, 2023 5:32 pm

First 5 Saturday Morning DEN-DFW flights, all showing J7, still not a single upgrade. But they're selling upgrades for a cool $97. Get real AA and run the processor.

ryanbriar Nov 1, 2023 7:31 pm

Of my seven flights over the past week, only two cleared at the EP window, including a few that were J7 at the window. Most cleared between 30-18 hours out and all had aggressive instant upgrade offers. I’m assuming they were still in place, even when I stopped seeing them due to 1 of 2 legs clearing.

Upgrade lists were also quite lengthy across most flights.

bscooter26 Nov 1, 2023 9:53 pm

Is anyone else seeing pretty much max upgrade availability (A & C) for every single AA flight in existence? I had almost 200 EF alerts for C availability and pretty much every single one of them has triggered, which will be quite annoying to reset.

I'm guessing this is a glitch, but would otherwise love to take advantage for a trip or two in 2024. Unfortunately I'm a few days away from earning my first two SWUs this year

anchor79 Nov 1, 2023 10:11 pm

Is there some outage with EF upgrade inventory? Getting weird results.

WalruSara Nov 1, 2023 10:29 pm


Originally Posted by anchor79 (Post 35712637)
Is there some outage with EF upgrade inventory? Getting weird results.

I think so. I tried to call and a SWU through, but no luck.

safari ari Nov 1, 2023 11:13 pm

Same, a lot of phantom availability, spent a few minutes on the phone but no dice.

TheDudeAbides Nov 1, 2023 11:21 pm

Yep, my hopes were up, then dashed.

TheDudeAbides Nov 1, 2023 11:23 pm


Originally Posted by bscooter26 (Post 35712612)
Is anyone else seeing pretty much max upgrade availability (A & C) for every single AA flight in existence? I had almost 200 EF alerts for C availability and pretty much every single one of them has triggered, which will be quite annoying to reset.

I'm guessing this is a glitch, but would otherwise love to take advantage for a trip or two in 2024. Unfortunately I'm a few days away from earning my first two SWUs this year

Yes - max availability on almost every date. Has to be a glitch.

VickiSoCal Nov 2, 2023 7:57 am

I contacted Expertflyer and they claim the glitch was on AA, that AA was publishing phantom availability. I wasted an hour on it.

KBMIFlyer Nov 2, 2023 12:11 pm


Originally Posted by KBMIFlyer (Post 35711684)
Have another weird one. BMI-DFW-LAX on November 3.

DFW-LAX (777) cleared at T-100
BMI-DFW (E175) still has not cleared at 48 hours despite showing J6 C6 availability on Expert Flyer. I would say 90% of the time this flight clears at 100 hours for me.

BMI - DFW cleared at T-26

enviroian Nov 2, 2023 12:13 pm

#8 out of 40 for 0 seats today dfw-Tpa

remedy Nov 2, 2023 2:07 pm

15/42 PHX => DCA on 11/1
11/28 DCA => PHX on 11/2

:(


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