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Feb 6, 2012 | 4:14 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rock72

I have a z ticket (1st class milesaaver) lax-ord-lhr. The lax-ord is on a 2 class plane. There is a lax-jfk-lhr that leaves 1 hour before my flight. Can I go standby since the lax-jfk leg had 3 classes and I would rather take that flight? No z is available but there are empty seats.

I have no status with aa.

No, standby is not permitted on international itineraries. I would periodically check for Z availability LAX-JFK-LHR (or perhaps set up an EF alert) and switch to that routing (for free) if it becomes available.