Need help checking standby status
Jan 21, 2004, 3:50 pm
#1
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Need help checking standby status
When I made the booking I thought that my husband had office in the morning and we would have to take the evening flight from ORD to FLL. Well, my mistake he is not in the office. I checked with AMR for a morning flight and they told me that flight 786 maybe a possiblity, but it is too early as our flight is 1/29, but we live 3 hours from the airport. Is there a way to check to see what the availability is now and the morning of our flight. I cannot see sitting at O"Hare for 6 hours. Thanks all you experts!
Jan 21, 2004, 6:06 pm
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There are on-line tools that many of us use to gauge availability of flights, but the easiest thing for you to do is just call the airline. Simply tell them that you are considering standing by for an ORD-FLL flight on January 29 and could they please tell you how the flights look. The agent should be able easily to tell you how all of that day's flights look in terms of availability.
Jan 21, 2004, 6:30 pm
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Hi tatmtr7,
Because this has nothing to do with miles or points, and appears that you are flying on AA, I'm going to move it to the AA Forum. You can continue to monitor it there.
Flipside
Because this has nothing to do with miles or points, and appears that you are flying on AA, I'm going to move it to the AA Forum. You can continue to monitor it there.
Flipside
Jan 21, 2004, 6:50 pm
#4
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As of now this is the availability on flight 786 F7 A7 Y7 B7 H7 K7 M7 Q7 G7 V7 W7 L0 N0 S0 O0.
If you ask me as of now it looks pretty good, but u do have a week till the 29th.
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If you ask me as of now it looks pretty good, but u do have a week till the 29th.
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Jan 22, 2004, 1:05 am
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"The agent should be able easily to tell you how all of that day's flights look in terms of availability."
My experience is that reservations agents (for any airline, not just AA) invariably tell you that it doesn't look good, totally full flight, overbooked in fact. In spite of all these negative reports, I have not yet ever failed to clear the standby list for any flight.
My experience is that reservations agents (for any airline, not just AA) invariably tell you that it doesn't look good, totally full flight, overbooked in fact. In spite of all these negative reports, I have not yet ever failed to clear the standby list for any flight.
Jan 22, 2004, 7:50 am
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Thanks to all. When I called the airline I was told that it was barely open. So if I call next wed. can I ask how many seats remain open ?
Elimuli--- how did you get that info as I hate to ask you all to do this again next week? I am a slow learner, but willing.
Elimuli--- how did you get that info as I hate to ask you all to do this again next week? I am a slow learner, but willing.
Jan 22, 2004, 8:42 am
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You could also try "Check Available Seats" on aa.com.
I agree with the other posters, do not rely on what a customer service rep tells you. I was at the airport once and watched as a woman literally had a temper-tantrum when she was told that the flight she wanted to standby for was full. Apparently, a CSR on the phone had told her that her chances of standy were really good for that flight.
I agree with the other posters, do not rely on what a customer service rep tells you. I was at the airport once and watched as a woman literally had a temper-tantrum when she was told that the flight she wanted to standby for was full. Apparently, a CSR on the phone had told her that her chances of standy were really good for that flight.
Jan 22, 2004, 9:01 am
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Checking the seat map right now without AA status shows coach full. Logging in with my Plat. status shows just seven seats in coach.There are also eight seats available forward. Standby could be a problem depending on your position on the list.
Jan 22, 2004, 11:53 am
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Another question - How are the exit row seats counted when assessing if the flight is full? I again called the airline and it was suggested to me that we try to standby on the earlier flight which when I looked it too was booked. The 10 am flight is flight 472.
Jan 22, 2004, 1:08 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tatmtr7:
Another question - How are the exit row seats counted when assessing if the flight is full? I again called the airline and it was suggested to me that we try to standby on the earlier flight which when I looked it too was booked. The 10 am flight is flight 472.</font>
Another question - How are the exit row seats counted when assessing if the flight is full? I again called the airline and it was suggested to me that we try to standby on the earlier flight which when I looked it too was booked. The 10 am flight is flight 472.</font>
So, 5 of them on this flight are in the count of possible available seats. The other 5 are actually occupied. Hope this answers your question.
Jan 22, 2004, 1:17 pm
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Just checked #472. Only four coach seats available,all exit row.Eight seats remain in F.Just like the other flight,those seats up front will probably be occupied from upgrades from coach.