If you have no status, then you must be on a full fare coach ticket (Y or B fare) in order to use stickers, and it won't clear (if at all) until 24 hours or less prior to flight.
Here's the aa.com explanation:
https://www.aa.com/content/AAdvantag...upgrades.jhtml
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Last edited by FWAAA; Jul 25, 2005 at 11:21 am