The title says it all. As I’d posted previously, Mrs MJonTravel and I are taking off on my 40th birthday extravaganza/vacation tomorrow morning. We’re flying American over Miami to get to MCO. Yes, I really like AAdvantage. 🙂 Our upgrades for the short flight from Miami to Orlando cleared at the 72 hour window for AAdvantage Platinum members. But the DC to Miami leg has yet to clear. Being the savvy traveler that I am, it appears that I picked the one flight to Miami tomorrow where there’s some demand for the premium cabin. The other morning flights are “all 7’s.” So yay me!
I was hoping the upgrades would clear this morning at the 24 hour mark, but no dice, so I went ahead and checked in. There are a handful of seats left to sell, so unless today’s weather results in some canceled flights, or American actually sells the seats (and more power to them if they do as comp upgrades are a benefit, not a right) we’ll probably clear in the wee hours of tomorrow morning, or at the airport. And if we don’t clear at all, it will be OK. But I don’t know if I’ll ever break my habit of constantly checking to see if the upgrade has cleared. What about you?
Guilty as charged when I was traveling a lot…although United’s Easy Update worked fairly well. I would also check the seat maps sometimes to get a feel for my chances although they aren’t always a great indicator. Can’t say I miss it that much since I’m not traveling anymore.
Hope you made it out okay after Saturday’s snow…and that the upgrades cleared!
Well, the upgrades didn’t clear. Oh well. Fun thing happened on the MIA to MCO leg though. American swapped out the usual 757 for a 767. So we had 30 minutes of luxury in the international J seats. 😀
As Oliver said in the previous comment, I really like UA’s EasyUpdate feature that sends me an SMS when my UG clears. Likewise, I still keep an eye on my itens and also keep checking how many open seats are left unsold in F.
UA has been pretty good recently about notifying me via SMS and email when upgrades clear.
I do check my itins religiously, though, to make sure there were no schedule or equipment changes.