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[edit] Co-terminals

Co-terminals is a term that is no longer in use but that generally refers to city pairs that are considered to be the same point.

[edit] Fare calculation

Fares are published and itineraries calculated based on cities, not airports or groups of airports.

If your itinerary has you arriving in one city (e.g. SFO) and depart from another (e.g. OAK or SJC) you have a surface segment creating an open jaw for the purposes of fare calculation, unless those cities are considered the same point.

AA consider cities that are close together as being the same point; each fare specifies in its rule 10 (Combinations) which are such cities. As of MAR-09, most AA fares had the following provision: 

  NOTE - THE CITY PAIRS BELOW ARE CONSIDERED THE SAME      
         POINT -                                           
         BUR-SNA  BWI-WAS  EWR-HPN  EWR-ISP  FLL-MIA       
         HPN-ISP  LAX-BUR  LAX-ONT  LAX-SNA  LGB-BUR       
         LGB-LAX  LGB-ONT  LGB-SNA  NYC-EWR  NYC-HPN       
         NYC-ISP  OAK-SFO  OAK-SJC  ONT-BUR  ONT-SNA       
         SFO-SJC

[edit] Standby

City pairs that are considered the same point don't have anything to do with standby; these are used exclusively for the purposes of fare calculation.

However, each fare specifies in its rule 16 (Penalties) the specific cities where AA allows you to standby for a flight that is to/from a different airport than the one you're ticketed on. As of MAR-09, most AA fares had the following provision: 

         C.  UNLESS RESTRICTED BY THE FARE CHARGED/ WHEN       
             TICKETED FROM/TO CHI/HOU/NYC/WAS/DFW THE PSGR     
             MAY CHECK-IN AND STANDBY FROM/TO ONE OF THE       
             AIRPORTS LISTED BELOW.                            
                CITY - AIRPORT                                 
                CHI  - MDW/ORD                                 
                HOU  - HOU/IAH                                 
                NYC  - EWR/JFK/LGA                             
                WAS  - DCA/IAD                                 
                DFW  - DFW/DAL

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