Thread: New to non-rev travel and now registered companion on AA--a few questions!

To add-- another phrase that always echoed back in my mind was this by isppilot: "I've experienced everything from not getting on green flights, making it on oversold flights after they asked for volunteers and ended up not needing them to everything in between." That has definitely become my lived experience, haha. I once saw 15 nonrevs make it onto DEN-PHX with two oversold seats. I've also seen like 30+ people rerouted less than 12 hours to take off!

If anything, it's funny from my previous replies to see what kind of traveler I was before. The kind used to having a reserved seat, having plans at the very least a month or two in advance. I've told friends that have traveled with me, or who are waiting for me to come, "Well I'm not going to have a somewhat clear assessment until like the week before", or often with the PHX-DEN route, days/hours before haha. I absolutely love the flexibility nonreving provides. It's been so fun to decide to stay an extra day somewhere, or making travel plans the day of. The flexibility really compliments my impulsive and adventurous side, which I now realize was there all along!

Also I will say I'm floored this post has had 17,000+ views in the past three years! It was all the wonderful information you all provided, and it makes me happy to see it probably helped tons of other nonrevers as well!