Originally Posted by
ESpen36
3) D1 passes as described above. Very generous of AA, IMHO. If an employee's family member suddenly falls gravely ill or dies, the last thing the employee wants to be thinking about is playing the D3 standby game or taking out a second mortgage to buy a full-fare ticket. There are times when you NEED to be on the next flight to somewhere, and flying as a D1 is a nice way of jumping the queue. If I were an employee, I would be holding my D1 passes in reserve for these kinds of emergencies.
D1 passes are
not positive space. They're space available passes just at a higher priority than normal space available (D2) passes.
Death in the family type travel, however, can be authorized as NRPS at boarding priority A9.