no inventory but see seats
 

Our upcoming flight 4/12) is not showing as for sale in economy or first (so not available) but when I click to seats on my reservation I see seats available. Trying to understand this - and be prepared in case it's oversold. Any idea when flight wold not be for sale but show seats?

When the flight is oversold, but some passengers have not yet selected a seat. Note that Basic Economy passengers are not assigned seats until check-in, which does not open until 24 hours prior to departure.

I apologize, I wrote my question without enough detail. We purchased our tickets via aa.com and already have seat assignments for a flight on 4/12. I am just trying to figure out if the flight is oversold. Going to AA.com this flight is not showing up as available for purchase. When I go to my aa.com reservation, I can click on seats and see that there are 10 or so seats not selected. I was trying to understand why they aren't selling any more tickets when there are seats.

Recourse/Refund - Involuntary Downgrade & Flight Change
 

My family of four was booked in Business from Guatemala City to Miami and Y-fare from Miami to SFO (all in MCE - all seats together) on Sunday leaving at 1 p.m. When I went to check-in online, I noticed that the flights had been changed with departure now at 6:30 a.m. and going through Dallas. AA never provided any notification of the flight change and had I not checked in online, I might have missed the updated flights. GUA-DFW leg was in economy and I was only assigned MCE seats together after calling to complain. DFW-SFO leg was in economy - all middle seats, only one of which was MCE. I'm wondering how best to address this with AA as I paid for business class and didn't get it, wasn't notified of the flight change and didn't get the automatic MCE seating that goes with Y fare on domestic. Will they refund a portion of the fare and is there any recourse for the fact that they moved our flight up by more than 6 hours?

Thanks - I guess I need to get an account with expertflyer to see how oversold. I am open to being bumped for the right price.. The return flight is still open so the outbound is my chance. Thanks again!

Your question had sufficient detail.

Not everyone who purchases a ticket gets a seat assignment at the time of ticket purchase. For example, a passenger who purchased a Basic Economy ticket doesn't get a seat assignment until check in. Other Economy passengers might not like the "free" seats that are available when they purchase the ticket, and are hoping to get a better seat for free at check-in. And some passengers might be completely indifferent to seat assignments, and won't bother selecting a seat. So it's possible for there to be no more seats left to sell on a flight, even though some seats are still not assigned to particular passengers.

Our upcoming flight 4/12) is not showing as for sale in economy or first (so not available) but when I click to seats on my reservation I see seats available. Trying to understand this - and be prepared in case it's oversold. Any idea when flight wold not be for sale but show seats?

I have this question also-booked BE for 4/12 and cannot see any seats for sale nor the flight map. I am wondering how to find out if it is oversold and when I should try to get a seat (right away at T24 or wait until gate).
Plus I would love to get bumped as I am flexible but when is best to volunteer?

If you want to be bumped, be waiting for an announcement asking for volunteers and as soon as they make one get yourself up to the podium.

Carry On rules - how sticky is AA these days....?
 

Mrs T and I are booked on our first AA flight in eons( back of the bus) coming up shortly and wanted to take carry on for our 4 day getaway YVR-PHX-SAF-YVR. Our Rimowa and Briggs and Riley are legal on AC and BA but a couple of centimeters over depth wise for AA. Should we be concerned about being made to check the bags at every check-in? If you tell me that this will be an issue as AA is super strict on measuring bags then maybe we should just check a bigger bag and forget carry on. Sorry this is such a small issue compared to some of the other questions here but the "no flame" promise of this thread was appealing! :) Any input would be appreciated from you Old Hands!

LHR-ORD

Ibera code share AA flight on a 787 where PE isn't for sale.

I'm Oneworld Saphire.

If I book a main cabin fare, I will be able to select a PE or MCE seat without issue? (also ahead of time - Flights in 1 week).

Or must it be a AA coded flight for it to work?

If I don't get the benefit i'll go just a basic fare, as I don't need luggage anyway.

Winner. !

So worth the extra £40 for the PE seat :D

Easy decision!