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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 8:48 am
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Originally Posted by beanex
I know you can't do standby for international flight, but I thought US-Canada is considered domestic and they can standby for that portion.

Not yet, sonny boy. We are a different country and thus "international". Locally we call flights between the US and Canada, "transborder". Also, thought this free standby only applied for elites?
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