Actually, AA's policy is to accommodate you on another flight even if the connecting flight is on a different PNR. In fact, I believe their policy is to do so when connecting from any One World itinerary. Let me see if I can find that reference...
Originally Posted by
FlyMeToTheLooneyBin
Yeah, I'd say 1 hour turns are pretty risky, especially if they're purchased as two separate tickets as they would need to be for DEQ11. Since they're not the same ticket, if you get back to SFO on the first rt late by an hour, AA would have completed its end of the bargain by getting you to SFO on that ticket, just an hour late. AA isn't really responsible for making sure you are compensated or accommodated for the next one, since you did miss the outbound on a completely independent itinerary. It could also result in the whole ticket being canceled.
And as
Flyer_70 said, you could have weather issues at both ORD and SFO, two major headache airports (with SFO being more painful coming from LAX) to me.
