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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 3:23 am
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Originally Posted by Plato90s
Standing by for a higher class of service after a voluntary downgrade on awards doesn't book you into the same inventory as upgrades at all.

AA does not treat award-F as "full fare" and revenue passengers can indeed clear F-upgrades without an award seat opening up for you.
So if I'm waiting for clearance into F, would the airport/gate agent be putting me on the "F standby" list or the "upgrade" list?
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