Originally Posted by
kevin18
I’m in the group of multiple options. I don’t care if I’m in the back or up front. The fact is you have a better chance when you have more busses to get from a to b. I’ve experienced this going from coast to coast using multiple carriers over one of the busiest travel days. Not to mention that if you live in a hub at a AA Mainline/WO you’re automatically lower than anyone traveling through that hub regardless of if you checked in at 23hrs59min59sec prior to departure.
Fixed it for you
Good point. At AA, those who are traveling and are connecting through a hub will have through and transfer status added to their category which will beat out those who are starting their travel in a hub. That is because of how the system process the check-in time because obviously, those who are starting their travel at a outstation will have a earlier travel time. When I lived in Dallas, I saw a lot of this. When I lived in ORF, I benefited from this.
But I be a devil advocate, I still had those same multiple options that you had obviously will a better chance of going coast to coast on AA and lower chance as a OAL. Still managed just fine with mainline priority.