As promised, I'm back with an update. I tried it last week. Wouldn't recommend it at all. The problem wasn't CLE-DFW, but getting out of DFW. We tried for two days with no luck. We would later find out that another AA employee had tried for three days (he was on our DFW-MIA flight to try to get a connecting to EZE) and decided to give up.

This ended up being our itinerary from Oct. 15-20 ...

CLE-DFW-MIA-DFW-ORD-YUL-ORD-CLE

I guess it would be humorous if it didn't happen to me. We tried to salvage the week with an abbreviated trip to Montreal. Just wasn't the same. One of the features editors at the newspaper I work at asked me if I'd share my misery and my "dos" and "don'ts" about standby travel with our readers. If that happens, I'll let you know the publish date so you can read all of the pitiful details.

And if anyone wants to share any "dos" and "don'ts" - for domestic and international - please share.