Originally Posted by
COSPILOT
I honestly don't know the answer, but I'm curious to know why one would wait until seconds or minutes before departure before cancelling a ticket? I think I've done it 1 hour before, but I've never tried it down to the minute.
To hold an F seat in order to get a last minute upgrade (because you happen to know there is going to be a no show)? Just speculating
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29354912-post697.html
Didn't AA bust someone for doing this repeatedly? Ah, here's the thread --
Pax caught trying to hold and cancel refundable C seats in attempt to secure SWU
Here's a case of guy who used ficticious award tickets to hold back J seats and AA took 60K of his miles. He filed a complaint against AA, and lost.
https://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=DOT-OST-2014-0077-0022&attachmentNumber=1&contentType=pdf
Probably not a very good idea.