Does being on an award ticket impact your upgrade status vs lower tiers? E.g., if I'm EP on an award ticket would that still process before PlatPro?

Being on an award ticket doesn't influence upgrade priority (except maybe in the impossible case where LP values are identical), but EPs always clear before PP.

CLT-RDU 2/18
J5, cleared T-27

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I searched and didn't find anything. On domestic routes on the new A321XLR will complimentary upgrades clear into premium economy if available? Just booked SFO-JFK for a flight this summer on the new plane; hoping to get out of the non-reclining MCE seats into PE or J with a comp upgrade. Wife and I are both EP so we might have a shot.

Economy upgrades directly to lie flat biz.

No idea how it works for PE. I'd imagine if biz is full but PE has seats open you'd be upgraded at the gate?

AFAIK that is how it works, once J is full, if there are open PE seats then the GA processes Y>PE upgrades for anyone remaining on the upgrade list.

That helps with the upgrade odds. I'd be plenty happy on a transcon in the PE seat.

DCA/MIA 2/20 - EP 300k LPs : waitlisted 9 out of 44
2 cleared due to last minute no shows
Upgrade offers were going for $153 before all seats were gone

just more of the same

MIA-ATL 2/23 - EP 310k LPs : waitlisted at 12
no one cleared
Upgrade offers were going for $93 before all seats were gone (7 seats were open at about T-72)

PHX-ORD sun 2/22 - 10 of 46 for zero seats. #1 got battlefield upgrade.

Sitting in 2A right now ORD-PHX upgraded at T-100 - second upgrade at window since US merger.

340k-ish Rolling LPs.

2/19 IAH-MIA : #3 on the list, 1 cleared. (waitlisted for complimentary vs SWU as this was a separate ticket)
2/19 MIA-GRU: SWU Cleared at T70 ish (2 passengers).
2/26: GRU-MIA: SWU cleared at T60 ish for me, T55 for my SO.

A few interesting things

1. Did not receive anything from EF on any of the upgrades. They just silently cleared.
2. On GRU-MIA, the flight was F1 J3. After I cleared, it is still F1 J3 :confused:
3. AA somehow pulled 2 SWUs on MIA-GRU on my SO's ticket.

Many open J seats in AA 107 (LHR-JFK) on a Saturday 2 weeks ago. I was surprised to see the plane leave with at least 4-5 J seats open and not being filled with employees etc.

Lots of British students passing through and commenting "one day we will sit here...." on their way to the back

PPRO 150K LP

2/23 PIT - CLT: 8/23, 1 cleared
2/23 CLT - BNA: 18/43, 0 cleared
2/25 BNA - CLT: 21/37, 1 cleared
2/25 CLT - PIT: 6/26, 1 cleared

Buy ups were as low as $67/6.7k miles a week out.

Poor SWU clearance algorithm
 

Tomorrow I'm on LAX-SYD. I'm trying to use a SWU to go from J to F. Flight is F7 (was F6 until two days ago) and the SWU still hasn't cleared. I wanted to pre-order food but I guess that won't happen. Of course they are still selling the upgrade ($2,500 for AA First one way from paid J, no thanks!)

CLT -> MSP tomorrow cleared T-26. 405ish LPs.

Gonna try the short-ribs - so rare I'm on a flight long enough there's a meal up front (most commonly CLT to GRR or ORD - neither is long enough). Was last April last time - sliders were excellent.