The 772 from LGW came in at 3.30. The outbound 1605 flight was delayed until 1645. Nonetheless, by the time they got to the gate after running at 1640, the gate was closed and they lost their seats. The AA agent told my mom "we don't care that you were on BA and that they are One World, we give no preference and we couldn't hold the plane for you". If I didn't hear it myself (I was listening to my mom talk to the agent) I wouldn't have believed it myself. They stood by for the 1800, no go. They are standing by right now for the next one, but are 14 on the list for standby
They are confirmed on the 2100 but unfortunately they will miss my party
BA told them it was mx, not wx, that delayed BA 2193 today. I got on the phone with the AA agent that just told my mom she doesn't give a .... and asked her if she could please endorse their ticket on a HP 1800 departure that had availability. No way in hell.
Oddly enough, AA held the LAS bound a/c for the inbound late LGW travelers, but not PHX. Oh well.