Originally Posted by AA2070
I am flying 3/11 to CDG, routing DFW-LGA and then JFK-CDG. In the past, I have gone to a different city in a city pair on a standby - flights to LGA i've gone to JFK, HOU i've gone to IAH. I was told that I would not be allowed to do this on 3/11, however, since this is an international itinerary. Should that matter, given that the flight in question is purely domestic? Should I play the call-back game, or are they right on this one?
It's fairly difficult to alter the domestic portion of an international itin. Other than when due to irregular ops (flight cancellations and such) AA just doesn't allow it. I have no idea why.