1/3 AA1304 DFW-AUS: cleared at T-48
1/20 AA3274 AUS-EGE: cleared at T-27. The flight was J3 prior to T-27, then became J2 after I got the upgrade.

I was wondering abour the cash buy upgrades and how it works if I have both myself & my Mom with me on the same PNR... If I get offered a buy up can I choose to only accept it for 1 of us? My thinking was take the buy up for her then keep myself in Y and hope for the comp upgrade.

This is for LAX-MIA and I know hub to hub isnt the best chance but hoping with it being a random Tuesday in February and on the 772 with so many seats that it may work.

Currently the Main cabin price is $90 so thats a really great deal. I mean even if we had to fly in Y together the 2-4-2 PE seats which I think I can select for free wouldnt be horrible.

However, I just wanted to know if the buy up will offer me the option to accept it for just her or is required we both take it? I guess I can buy the tickets separately if need be but easier on 1 PNR.

Also, any data points for what the offer may be? The actual outright buy for J is $834 which also isnt horrible.

I totally sympathize with wanting to get mom a J seat on a xcountry. I've flown J LAX-MIA about a half-dozen times (usually on red-eyes). But if it's a daytime flight, PE is hardly a hardship.

Yes for $90 thats really good and the PE seats with just the 2 together would be nice.

However, do you know about the cash buy up offer- can I choose it only for her and not me and I can wait and try for the comp upgrade? Or do I need to buy the tickets separtely to do this?

I also forgot to mention that its basic economy for the $90 which I've never done so just was wondering while you cant change your ticket you can still buy up on the upgrade right?

It's never possible to have 2 pax with different class of service in the same PNR, so if you want to grab an upgrade offer for just your mom you would need to call and split the PNR first, or just buy her ticket separately from the start.

But as I mentioned in the other thread I do not believe you will get the buy up upgrade offers if purchasing BE.

Debating choosing 2x SWU as a reward, but trying to figure out if there's any reasonable chance of them clearing.

The only firm-ish plans I have for AA long haul this year is CLT-LHR, maybe in May or maybe in September. EXP ~250k LP.

I haven't watched it like a hawk, but in general any time I've looked at CLT-LHR C space it's always been zero. 😅 And close-in seat availability even now in January, looking at this Thursday is J1 or J2. I'd have to think it wouldn't be any better in higher demand months trying to snag a last-minute seat.

If it's a really slim chance I won't bother with SWU and will figure out a different strategy.

Question - if we take an in app upgrade but then try to change our flight, will the J class stick on the new flight (pending availability)?

I see that my current routing of A-B-C is available at an earlier time but the B-C leg (which I'm considering upgrading) has a significantly lower J inventory for the earlier flight (so I imagine the upgrade cost will be higher) so I wanted to upgrade first and then change.

Wife and I went 0 for 1 on Saturday WLM to CLT - as Platinum, we were #'s 6&7 at the airport where 1 cleared. Was an A319, so only 8 FC seats available at all, and only a 45 minute flight, so not a big deal at all. I booked this trip before I had status and the TLH -> CLT, CLT -> TLH were on ERJ145 with no first seats on them.

That puts me at 1 for 5 overall since 1st flight with status in December (the 1 I was gold at the time)

AA3067 LAX-SFO: Plat with rolling 100k LP, waitlisted 11/20 at T-1 with 2 F seats remaining 😅

Yesterday AA2524, TPA-DCA, #2 on list out of 18. Only cleared one.
Waiting for AA544, DCA-TPA now- #5 out of 28. 0 seats left.
260K+ LPs.

yesterday clt-bos I was 5 out of 18 for 0 seats. 5 days ago it was half full and AA was selling F for $65 so that answers that. AAparently AA will take a kettle's 65 bucks vs upgrading a 275 LP exp any day! lol

319s on TPA ex DCA, pretty much never gonna get a comp upgrade on that equipment save for going at odd hours/days.

Generally speaking, aside from the day time flights out of ORD and JFK, LHR SWU's are hard to get. For Europe trips, I find leaving from JFK tends to give the best SWU usage opportunities overall, especially to MAD or CDG. I've never been able to confirm an SWU on an LHR-bound flight far in advance, though I have had them confirmed both a few days out and at the gate.

1/28 - DCA to DAY - 1 EXP and 3 GLD on one PNR. All four cleared at T-100

AA or BA ORD to LHR...bwhich for best chances for paid upgrade?
 

I would like your opinions on what airline would have the best chance of Paid upgrade from PE to Business?

I would also like to get an idea of which one would be more reasonable.

I am flying from Chicago to London Mid March.. Looking at ExpertFlyer there seems to be ample inventory as of today on AA or BA.

I also am One World Emerald...Iberia Platino.... I dont know if that makes a difference or not.