Originally Posted by
HOLYMOLEAIR
I was trying to get myself over the phone a seat for the flight, because it is showing normally on the AA website.
It's possible that the cancellation has only just occurred, because the flight's now no longer showing on the AA website. If it's one of those things that takes a few hours to propagate through the systems, then it may be that you coincidentally called soon after the cancellation had been effected.