With AA (who made some agreements with BA), it doesn't work. They are crazy tough.
Even guys ticketed end of september (ba tix), and for some technical at AA, it was only done in October, had their booking put on "pending" where they need to call up with their cc, and pay the difference.
To admin/mods: where did my message about the $700 increase in tax go to? (Am I hallucinating again).
To the people who remember it: it was written in a big red font.