Originally Posted by
ijgordon
If they know they will NEED the seats later in the day (because of some IRROPs or pending weather or whatever), there's a good chance they will waive the standby fees. But they're not going to do it because YOU think someone else will book your vacated seat at a last-minute sky-high fare (which by the way, isn't even a given these days).
Does AA have a crystal ball? Given what the IR in IRROPs stand for, they won't know .