Originally Posted by
FlyPurdue
Just a point of clarification:
A12s are confirmed, providing ‘E’ inventory is available when you make the booking. When I worked at HDQ, A12 was how we travled for work, and even if they were paying oversales, you were not off loaded. The trick is picking flights that say ‘book’ vs ‘list’ in the NRTP (sometimes e space does become available after you lost, and it will automatically confirm you 2-7 days before departure). Once you ‘book’, even if you are not immediately assigned a seat, take your PNR to AA.com, and then choose a seat. At that point check in as normal at ~24 hours and it is essentially confirmed. Now not all flights will have ‘E space’ as it is inventory controlled, but at 7 days out, many of hub-to-hub flights still should. I know that this is still not perfect as our schedules are more dynamic than an HDQ employee, but still a good start!
This is more academic question since I’m not doing TDY anymore but for anyone else trying to do A12, sounds like you can help.
For me, I was told to book A12 myself via FOS by using HIGO but using A12 instead of A1D or A3D. Only way I knew to look up flights was via Travel Planner. Would find the flights I wanted and go to FOS and book them via HIGO but with A12 at the end. I would then go back to the Travel Planner and import the trip giving my a PNR. Then go to AA.com to try to get a seat. Sometimes I could get a seat right away, usually not. Sometimes I’d check in at 24 hours and I’d already been assigned a seat, usually not. Usually, I’d show up at the gate and wait as a standby, high on the list, but a standby.
I know nothing of this NRTP and “book” vs “list” or “E inventory”. These are new terms to me.