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Offline dinah

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stand by/ award ticket
« on: February 03, 2015, 12:00:40 AM »
I need to fly NY-Atlanta this wednesday, February 4th. I wanted to use my BA/Avios points. The only available flight was on AA, at 1:30 arriving at 4pm. I really want to go on the 10am flight. I purchased the tickets, knowing that I have 24 hrs to cancel. I was hoping that they'll release more seats.  Should they not release more seats, would AA allow me to go on standby on the 10am flight, if I have an award ticket for 1:30pm?
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
ps. I'm new at this, and I'm not a frequent flyer!

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Re: stand by/ award ticket
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2015, 12:17:18 AM »
It'll likely cost you $75. Although you can sometimes get them to let you go for free. You may have better luck is you can access the lounge
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