Originally Posted by
dfwtravelgirl
My husband is on standby today AA @ 10:30am out of MSY and his name shows up as #1 on the list and when he shows up at the ticket counter they tell him he is #13. He shows the agent his phone showing he is #1 and she says it is wrong. He goes down to the gate and he is #1 on the gate list??? Yesterday I tried buying several tickets that i had on hold and the website would show just a minute and after several minutes the website would timeout. Same thing over and over again.
The GA could mean there are 12 other people with no confirmed seat which would be accommodated before standbys.