Was on AA 238 LAX-JFK on Friday on a paid F fare, scheduled at 1130pm, cancellation was announced at 555 am.
Was able to run to the front of the line in the flagship lounge (later it would be a quarter mile long) and was placed stdby on the next flight at 605am. Hoped my F fare, BA GGL status (sometimes equates to CK, other to Plat Pro), AND my separate F reservation the same evening for the JFK FCO would help.
Nope. On the following 3 flights I remained unsuccessfully stdby for an elusive Y seat. I saw non revs given seats, available seats in J and F given to people on upgrade lists (‘you don’t have priority for that’ an agent explained, another brushed me off as she had no time for questions), and kept sliding further down on the std by list at each flight that I was attempting to make.
I was then before midday extremely lucky to buy one of the last remaining Y fares in JetBlue to JFK and made it barely to my late evening FCO flight
As am not an AAdvantage member -but a very longtime Aa flyer- perhaps I am unaware that pax from cancelled flights on F fare do not have priority over upgrades on AA flights?