Originally Posted by
AAaLot
This is what the AAgent was trying to explain. Something that ticket numbers were not given to Cathay in this example until 2 weeks before the flight and thus it 'might be possible' to waitlist.
That sounds then like you are not ticketed. Otherwise one would have to think that AA is hiding the ticket number from CX just for the sake of improving your chances with the waitlist. Then again, AA will go the extra mile sometimes so who knows, maybe they are being nice this time.