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Old May 7, 2018 | 9:33 am
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Originally Posted by ShortDog
It's sorted by the priority of the passenger actually flying.

https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...am-updates.jsp
This. Unless the passenger and the SWU holding passenger are both traveling on the same or linked reservation. In that case, higher status is inherited.
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