Originally Posted by
Stocktc1
About 1-2 hours before a flight it says purchase at airport on aa website. I wonder if it is any lower than the website price that day.
That is just because of how AA actually issues tickets vs UA and DL.
An airline would rather go out with an empty seat then suddenly offer a massive savings just because the plane is leaving in an hour and the seat is empty.
It would just lead to everyone trying to "score" a deal at the last second.
If you have a true need to suddenly be on a flight that leaves in 2 hours you are either on a business trip spending OPM so you don't care, or in another extraordinary experience where you just have to accept the cost for the situation.