Originally Posted by
milksheikh
Another option is to get booked in L, waitlisted for A, and cross your fingers. We did this starting a DONE4 from ARN on BA (booking only a week or so in advance), and got the D seats at the airport (but are still trying to get 125% of miles on AA rather than the 25% we got because of the original L booking).
A problem with this in my case is that it is the first flight and apparently special rules apply to any change to the first flight.
As far as my specific flight first class is 100% open...they are just no 'A' seats.