Originally Posted by
formeraa
This has been discussed many times in this forum. Technically, you bought the ticket from AA -- not AS. The policy is that you cannot be added to the waitlist until the day of departure. Among other things, there is a computer-related issue that your reservation may be cancelled if the agent adds you to the waitlist before the day of departure.
weird. So thats the AS way of screwing you over for wanting to pay less?