Will chocobo companions gain the ability to fly in expansion?

[MomomiMomi]

Spiritbond parties are usually full, so I have to solo spiritbond. I'd also rather not attempt to do spiritbond parties when some of the big-name FCs have bots in their ranks on my world.

You have BTN and MIN at level 50. You could probably make about 100k (assuming your prices aren't too different) in an hour of just gathering clusters. And that's not even taking advantage of everything available to you from gathering. Not even close.