Statuses

Spot bid

Status	Description
Open bid	Instances will be allocated when your bid wins
Allocated	Instances have been allocated for use while your bid is winning
Preempting	Your limit price has been outbid. This spot bid will remain open but instances will stop in 5 minutes.
Terminated	Your bid was terminated. Instances will no longer be allocated.

Spot instance

Instances will not appear and are not accesesible until your spot bid has been Allocated.

Status	Description
Starting	Your bid is winning. Start-up time can take up to 10 minutes in some cases.
Running	Your bid is winning. This instance is available for use.
Relocating	This instance will be relocated to a new host in 5 minutes.
Preempting	Your limit price has been outbid. This instance will stop in 5 minutes.
Preempted	Your limit price has been outbid. This instances is no longer allocated.
Terminated	Your spot bid was terminated. This instance is no longer allocated.

Reservation

Status	Description
Confirmed	Instances will be allocated on the scheduled date
Allocated	Instances have been allocated until the end of the scheduled date
Expired	Your reserve order expired. Instances are no longer allocated.
Ended	Your reserved order ended. Instances are no longer allocated.
Pending payment	Update the payment method to allow instances to be allocated.

Reserved instance

Status	Description
Scheduled	This instance will be allocated on the scheduled date
Starting	Your reserved order is starting. Start-up time can take up to 10 minutes in some cases.
Running	Your reserved order started. This instance is available to use.
Terminated	Your reserved order was terminated. This instance is no longer allocated.