Originally Posted by
NYCommuter
I respectfully disagree.
Offering a product that is never available is misleading, and some other transportation providers have been nailed for the same thing (e.g., offering fares for tickets that are never, or almost never, available has been found to be false advertising or the like).
Please read the terms & conditions for SDC which are posted in plain English on the AA website and then tell me how you can possibly make this statement.
OP is ticketed LAX-HKG with a connection at DFW. That is not eligible for SDC. Period.
Of course it's not available because it is not eligible,
On the other hand, if OP were ticketed for LAX-DFW of LAX-anywhere domestic or LAX-JFK-LHR, and SDC is never available, then it would be a meaningless benefit and subject to appropriate consumer fraud action by DOT.