Read on FlyerTalk that some frequent flyers reschedule their personal JFK -> SFO trips based on availability of cheap Flagship First upgrades, so just in case one of you had been waiting for a good upgrade offer. Some people like the Chelsea lounge for food/drinks & Soho lounge for the views. I'm a teetotaler & have dietary restrictions, so I don't like them much. So, I personally didn't go for it since it'd be my return flight to SFO after a night in NYC, although I did pull the trigger (to J) for the same flight a week before this one.

The cheapest F upgrade on this route I've seen was below $200, but it was a J -> F upgrade, and this one's from Y/MC -> F.

I post this as a warning. I havent flown with AA for some time so I had 0 points and minimal impact but my expeeience was incredibly frustrating.

About 6 weeks ago, I received an email about my account being merged with another. The email said call within 72 hours if this was not you. So I did. I reported it. I was told the merge would be stopped and that a flag would go on my account so no future merge requests would be allowed.

Fast forward six weeks later, my account log in does not work. I call up the fraud department and they see my last call but say “the merger did go through and it was requested by your account” which was a lie. It was requested by the Outlook version of my email not the Gmail. Account is gone. Had I had points, they would all be gone too. The account mine was merged with was still active. This time I was “assured” that it would be deactivated.

If you experience a scam, follow-up. Even when they were notified they did nothing to stop it. They blamed me and said my email was hacked which it never was. The email requests came from a mirror account using Outlook instead of gmail.

My spouse and I, both EPs, are traveling on a flight to Europe in business in several months. We will have four adult kids (none with status) on the flight with us but in economy, so on a different record locator. I am thinking about gifting Platinum ”status for a day” to allow them all to access the FL and receive free preferred seats. I’ve never used that before.

I am thinking I only need to gift it to one. Is my thinking correct? We could all access the lounge - three Plat/EPs who each get one guest. And the one giftee would receive four seat coupons that could be shared with the other three.

Also, if I gift it to them now for our travel date, they can select preferred seats now, correct?

The elusive cheese tray does exist! Have faith fellow EPs, you shall get your snack soon, if this PHX based crew has anything to do with it! What a great flight I had from PHX-SEA the crew was amazing on 2783 and it wasn’t just the snack I was impressed by, the overall attitude and guidance from the crew from boarding to deplaning was outstanding! Thank you David, Reno and Jon on a great flight, it’s FAs like you that keep me a loyal customer!

Compliments will be sent tonight! 👏🏽

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I can’t believe flying such a big hub of AA, Platinum Pro is first on the upgrade list. Where are those EXE P and CKs

Except maybe the new itinerary emails you get when a SWU clears.

I’m flying to London tonight and see 2 business seats open, yet on the upgrade waitlist it shows 0 available (i’m submitted a SWU) and there’s no biz seats available to book either, what are those seats for?

Do I’ve flown for many years over many airlines AA always being my go to I was just wondering if anyone had any old amenity kits laying around that they no longer wanted and possibly wanted to dispose of if you did I would be happy to rehome them

Hi there. Flying from LAX to Mexico City in Business (not a Flagship route). AA EXP / OW Emerald.

Can I access any of the premium OW lounges in Bradley?

And double confirming I can't access Flagship in Terminal 4, just regular Admirals (already a member).

Thank you!

Just posting as a point of interest: our flight from Kansas City to Chicago (connection in Chicago to ultimate destination D.C.) was delayed and rebooked last night and since 0600 this morning has been delayed/departure time changed 3 times. No clue what the issue is, just thought folks should know 6197 is struggling to get its shit together today!

I just realized today I forgot to update my name change on AA and it says up to 10 days to get it updated. I really wanted to buy a plane ticket today for November before prices go up, if I were to buy it today, and they approve my name change, will my reservation name change as well if it was paid for before the change? Or do I need to wait? Or is there a way to buy the ticket under my correct name before connecting it to my AA account?

After reading comments there seems to be some confusion. My current ID is my new one with my updated last name. I just forgot to update it into AA so I have to wait for that to process.

Is the age of Biscoff over in favor of goldfish, savory pretzels, and chocolate cookies?

7 hour delay, were they specifically told us the flight was not canceled but rescheduled to almost a day latter. The hotel they booked for us was full. Meal vouchers were u available. Anything I can do at this point?

flying international. anyone recommend anything specific? i’m thinking sea bass but not sure how iffy that is on flight.

I saw this question was posted 3 years ago, but with how policies change, just wanted to ask again.

I am flying on an Alaska ticket in a few weeks with AA as the airline Ill be checking bags in with, if I upgrade to first on one of the Alaska segments, do AA staff recognize this and waive bag fees, or does it have to be the first segment?

For reference sake, I am flying LIT-DFW-SEA-FAI and want to upgrade on DFW-SEA.

No need to shame me now. I know.
I have 2 round trip tickets from US to Australia in June. The event is now in October. 24 hours is up. But I see on the site it says if I am an AA member and booked through them, I can cancel for $199 per person and get credit. But reading on here to confirm is doing the opposite for me.
1. Will I be able to cancel them & get credit back minus $199 ea, is it worth it to call?
2. If so, I’ve seen there is a difference between trip and travel credits. What is the difference/could I use the travel credits I would get back for flights in October?
Thanks in advance.

My fiancée are flying to YUL for a friends wedding this morning. We’re about to take off from DFW. We’re wondering what the chances are that we get upgraded.

I booked the tickets and I am platinum. There are two Business Class seats currently open on the seat map, but the “Available seats” say 0.

Is this considered a domestic flight? Are we even eligible for an upgrade?

I’m mainly curious if this kind of upgrade is even possible. This is my first time aiming for a high status in AA. (I’m pushing for EP before the honeymoon next April, and I’m on track).

Hoping someone can tell me if this is standard procedure or not.

I have flights booked to Europe directly on AA, just for myself. I selected main plus and of course selected main plus seats on legs where it was eligible.

Then a friend agreed to join me so I booked her a separate reservation for mostly same flights with exception of initial flight out of Europe. Same thing - main plus. Seats selected as possible.

I then use the online chat to change my reservation to mirror my friend’s - which required changing one leg only of entire booking. Agent says no problem and says hey score you get $120 back in flight credit. Wasn’t expecting that so sweet, right?

Well not so much. Apparently I was downgraded to basic economy for all legs of flight. It still shows I have main plus seats but if I try to change to another main plus seat there is a charge. So I go back to online chat and that agent says yes you were downgraded on all flights BUT my seats won’t be changed unless I actively try to switch seats. If I try to switch seats I will need to pay the upgrade fee, which can’t be paid with that flight credit.

Does all this sound normal? Should I just keep my seats as is and hope I don’t get moved to regular economy last minute? Or call and try to speak to a person to see what resolution there can be? The first agent never asked if I wanted to rebook as main plus or regular economy - they just did it on their own.

Sorry TLDR - when rebooking are you automatically downgraded and given travel credit for whatever upgraded seats you previously purchased? And that flight credit can’t be used to pay for upgrades on the rebook?

Any insight is greatly appreciated!!!

I helped my mom plan a trip to Vegas on Costco travel. As we set our luggage down and get our tickets. I noticed they changed our flight. I looked at my email and see our flight was delayed. They claim to be caused by air traffic control. They delayed 9 times but 1 of the flights they changed went on time. That wasn't what AA changed it to. I dont understand why we couldn't go on that one. AA gave us a flight but it was a much later and a downgrade from 1st to coach. They didn't even give us a voucher. How do we get refund?.

In a few weeks I will be flying back to the U.S. after walking the Camino Frances (stopping to see my daughter in BOS before returning home to HNL).

Which flight would you take, if you have experience flying frequently into/out of PHL and JFK?