<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Western Airlines:
AA doesn't do same day standby for free, just so you know. My wife got hosed by this policy in ORD.</font>
AA does do same day standby policy for free (along with others like UA, CO, etc).
Of course all rules are open to interpretations by the employees (as seen in this case).
Edit: US requires payment for standby on discounted tickets.
[This message has been edited by keithguy (edited 05-07-2003).]