We are prepared to travel in two's. My son has the confirmed seat and even though he is 19, I don't feel comfortable with him going all the way to London alone being the unskilled traveler that he is. We thought about buying another confirmed seat for my husband and that would leave my daughter and I possibly traveling later that day or the next.... The reason we chose flying out of DFW was (1) it's an easy flight from OKC where we live (2)we can fly nonstop decreasing our chances of being bumped. I understand we will be competing with other AA employees, but isn't that always true no matter what airlines you're on? And then I think, I might as well just bite the bullett and buy confirmed seat for all 4 of us so I won't have to worry. At least we'll still be getting excellent deals on tours, hotels, etc. with my daughter's perks. I was really hoping, I guess, that traveling in the low shoulder season we would have good chances of getting on a flight. But it's always a gamble, I guess.