Not true - a paid RTW ticket in first books into A. I guess the problem is that AA can't (readily) distinguish between people in paid-A and upgraded-A. Personally, if I was on a paid AONEx and they wouldn't let me in the FL (which they wouldn't) I'd be mighty po'd at having a paid FC ticket and not being allowed in. That said, however,as JonNYC has already pointed out, the AA website is absolutley clear that A doesn't get access.