Originally Posted by
DTWflyer
If you are on a NW (012) ticket you cannot Standby/FlyNow on a DL flight, unless the DL flight has a NW-codeshare flight number.
If you are on a DL (006) ticket, you can Standby/FlyNow (whatever DL calls it) onto NW flights only if it has a DL-codeshare flight number.'
Before too long, all NW flights will have a DL codeshare number. At that point it should be much easier to switch onto NW-metal on DL ticket stock. And at some point in 2010, there will be no more NW flights.
My guess is that it requires a who look of system changes to make some of this functionality work and it isn't worth the effort in the short-term.
My (intended) DL nonstop does have a NW code, but none of the agents indicated that standby was a possibility if the DL flight were a NW codeshare. I will try this tactic (if I'm ever on a NW ticket again!) and see what happens.