Originally Posted by
salut0
Reading the SDFC and standby threads but very confused...
my question:
Planning to book a mid-evening flight as an award ticket for two passengers: me (GLD 1MM) and non elite companion
Flying from outstation to more major AA destination
Likely to want to fly earlier in the day
Will AA let us standby, and if so would I have to pay for myself or companion?
New info suggests this doesn’t depend on E inventory. EF shows quite a bit of E inventory that day but this is several weeks out and that may change.
And a bonus question: what about the possibility of standing by the day before, more than 24hrs out? Does that ever happen?
Same-day standby is free on domestic flights for all oneworld elites, and those traveling on the same PNR.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/plan-travel/...day-travel.jsp
If there's an available seat in your ticketed cabin -- after all higher-priority standbys have been accommodated -- you will be placed on an earlier flight.
Same-day means same-day.