lowfareair

I'm looking to fly a domestic route over labor day weekend that has a 788, but is a route with a moderate risk of getting a 321/738 if there is a schedule change. Wondering as I'd like to pay for MCE to get the W seats for us (only AA Gold so can't get it for free), but it's a price high enough that I'm not going to do it unless the schedule is firmed up as it isn't worth it to get a regular Y seat with another 3 inches of legroom.

I know AA doesn't have a webpage that officially says what date their schedule has been firmed out to (with the obvious caveats for things that could cause cuts like staffing or plane type grounding) and I know domestic is usually firmed up about 60-90 days in advance, but I've seen some members here who have a good idea. Does anyone know the exact date it has currently been extended to?

Thanks!

plinth857

Not sure if this is helpful, but I had flights booked in September (11th-13th and 30th to October 2nd) and they both had changes. Not sure if this means the new schedule is the final one, but they've looked that far out and re-allocated resources it seems.

S80

For widebodies, I personally trust the schedule when it's published to AA cargo. The schedule for the next month is usually published between the 15th and 25th of the preceding month. I've never had a change from that schedule resulting in a narrowbody instead, although I do see revision numbers on that document change, so it is always flexible. Knowing AA (and any other airline, really) the aircraft type is firm once you're in the air - I had a 321 change to a 789 around 6 hours from departure last month FWIW.

lowfareair

Yes, I understand the whole "aircraft could always change" and why I caveated such with examples in my post. I'm asking if anyone knows to what date AA considers the schedule "firm" where it won't change outside of a major event or something happening the day of.