Originally Posted by
rjw242
Aside from the obvious caveat that there won't always be seats available on the earlier flight, I've also had to give up a confirmed upgrade on more than one occasion for a Y seat on the earlier flight. But for the most part I'd much rather have an extra hour or two at home than fly in domestic F.
yep. I have done this too, when the earlier flight is 1000 bucks and the one after is 250 or thereabouts. As an EXP, makes the standby odds pretty good.
that said, as an EXP, AA has made a lot of money off me. So I dont think they are unduly worried about us doing this and hoping to get on an earlier flight once in a while. Same thing as waived upgrade copays for CK - if you've made CK, AA makes enough off you that the 350 dollar copay isnt hurting their bottom line.