family friend

Hello All,
I have a question regarding the free same day standby offered on American Airlines. I currently have a ticket booked from MSP-STL-LGA that departs MSP-STL at around 4pm and STL-LGA around 7pm. Would it be possible for me, space available of course, to fly standby MSP-STL that morning and keep the STL-LGA leg at approximately 7 in the PM? Many thanks.

miamigrad

Each are independent of the other. So, standing by for one segment shouldn't affect the other.

Short hair Francis

I'm currently booked on Dec 5, Saturday

AA 4151 BUF>ORD, 11:40 to 12:35
Connecting to AA 425 ORD>SEA, 16:00 to 18:35

My problem is that I want to get to Seattle earlier to this itinerary

AA 3913 7:05 to 8:05
AA 1843 8:35 to 11:10

Usually I'll CFC and get a sticker upgrade along with it and no deal with probability. But this change I want is under MCT. Therefore if I standby both sectors, but only to get to ORD and go over the 4hr connecting window, will this cause a fare break and invalidate my fare?
I would prefer to get a sticker upgrade on ORD-SEA sector, so I'll keep a close eye on EF about the flights and the weather too.

The fare basis is Q14ADNR
Thanks for all the help!

FlyMeToTheLooneyBin

If you miss a connecting flight which is the last one of the day, will they let you standby for the next morning flight? I know they've let me do that before when it was weather-related, but is this a standard thing? Will they ever leave you stranded?

I know mechanical reasons will entail free nights and all that, but I was just wondering whether it's a policy to help when it's weather, or whether (pun intended ) I was just lucky.

mvoight

As in the previous posts, these are 2 separate standby events.
If there is room, go for it. Also, in most cases CFC is a waste of money for an EXP, especially on an early flight, when there is a smaller chance of an irrop on another flight filling up seats at the last minute. As you have noted, you aren't going to be able to CFC for both flights due to MCT.

mvoight

If you missed your connection do to weather, you will get a confirmation for a new flight. In this case, you could standby for an different flight than you newly confirmed flight. This is a bit different than standby simply because you want a different flight. If you are on standby for the connecting flight, and miss it, then they do not have to let you standby the next day

steve32

I've gone stand-by on an earlier flight on an award even, so as to put more time for the connection since the next segment only has a single flight a day (and no option to re-route), so I certainly did not want to waste a day around an airport rather than soaking up the sun on a Hawaiian beach.

Steve

(before commenting, inter-island flights are excluded from regular awards--they require an additional inter-island award)

hillrider

Tricky question, but bottom line is that AA could invoke the lack of legal connections at BUF and deny to take you standby at that airport, but, if it doesn't, it has to take you to SEA even if you're stuck in ORD for >4 hours (i.e. it can't hold you ransom at ORD for breaking the stopover rule).

In my experience, you won't have any problems: airport agents are there to move passengers, and will take anybody who wants to get closer to their destination on standby without pouring through schedules.