Couldn't agree w/ Karen2 more... You just have to keep checking (esp before each flight) otherwise, you always seem to find out afterwards. One time for us, my husband called me at ORD (since he decided to return early, and in stead of transferring thru Dallas, he transferred thru ORD) just before his flight back to SAN, and luckily I just checked AA.com (for some strange reasons). So, I hanged up right away, and registered him for bonus minutes before his flight took off. but, yeh, how often can you do that??

Helen