Originally Posted by AusEXP
Thanks, both of you for the quick reply. Now that you've pointed out the obvious, it does seem unlikely. I think at CO - platinum folks can book tickets for travel companions that their mere mortal (non-platinum) companions could not have otherwise booked.
EXP can sometimes do the same at AA, especially if it involves asking yield management to release inventory. It's not a given, it depends on how close the numbers are to where the system would release it on its own, but it can happen. AFAIK they don't do it for other levels.