Originally Posted by
Exec_Plat
See if they will break it up for you as two segments. They dont have 'separate' inventory, but they cannot give you one segment of a 'direct' flight.
That's really helpful advice. I decided to switch to the next later flight (since I have a B fare) so that I wouldn't be on AA 104. After getting transferred to the Tariffs Dept., bounced to a normal ticketing line, and then back to AAdvantage, I was able to explain on the third attempt that there was indeed C bucket availability.
Now I know to be careful about these "direct" flight numbers! Thanks y'all!