Originally Posted by
Often1
Presuming a sold out flight, at T-60, all passengers must be checked in or risk being off-loaded.
Do you have a cite for this?
As far as I know, it's wrong in most (domestic) situations.
Since you often post long threads with inaccurate information and/or conjecture, here's the actual requirement. It's 45 minutes for domestic flights:
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...nd-arrival.jsp
Originally Posted by
JDiver
AA Gate Agents seem to be granted a lot of latitude as long as they get flights out on time. You’ll see a lot of variation in how they manage upgrades, standby, etc.
As usual, JDiver gets it right.
AA gate agents basically do whatever they want, whenever they want. Trying to figure out when GAs are "supposed to start" clearing standbys is irrelevant since they will do it when they feel like it.