Originally Posted by
reflektia
Does anyone have any idea how standby upgrades work with AA? I have now been twice on list inside year (once cleared), most of the time not. Onboard they always acknowledge me as exp.
Interesting - out of many AA flights in Y, there has been one single time I (as AY Plat) received some acknowledgement from the crew. For the most part my take is that they assume that anyone who is EXP has been upgraded and they do not care to look at their handhelds or anything.