Originally Posted by Flyer23
BTW, this only applies to free standby, not confirmed ($25) standby. The rules for confirmed standby explicitly state that you can only be confirmed between the same city pair... so if I'm ticketed for DFW-SJC, I cannot confirm standby for DFW-SFO, or DAL-AUS-SJC, or anything else like that...
Very interesting, and quite helpful to know ahead of time. Thanks for that little tidbit. As with most AA rules, YMMV. Keep asking and someone will likely make it happen.