Originally Posted by flyastrojets

Something's not adding up here.... you were at the gate an hour before departure? They never paged you? And they said they bounced you off the trip because you weren't at the gate 30 minutes before departure? AND...you had boarding passes for your connection?

You've definitely got grounds for a letter to AA. Something just doesn't seem quite right about this. While the 30 minutes before departure comment is true... you were there. Even if you weren't, you were checked in. Just to bump you off the flight without even a page in the gate area? Sounds like something went way wrong.