Originally Posted by
vasantn
Yes, the system is now stacked against the 100 or so people in the whole universe who knew or cared about the 24-hour check-in "trick" out of 50 million AAdvantage members.
No, I think the new system is "stacked against" those who book tickets closer to travel. I tend to not book real late (last few days) and not months in advance. It will be interesting to see how it effects me. So far I have had LGA-ORD, ORD-ABQ, ABQ-DFW and LGA-STL clear since the rule went into effect. I had a DFW-LGA not clear but I was first on the list so it was just sold out so no bad effect yet. It probably would have cleared anyway but they had a lot of people trying to get out DFW this past Saturday due to bad weather Friday and they seemed to have shifted a lot of paid firsts onto the flight. So that wasnt a typical event. If I do see an effect, I may start buying tickets when I book early on AA, and if it is later on UA where they seem to go by fare class. Ill have to give that some thought after I see the impact of this.