Originally Posted by
lougord99
The unofficial rule ( that means it isn't written down, but no one here has found it to be untrue ) is that if you arrive within 2 hours of your flight, they will put you at no charge on standby for all of the following flights.
It's written down, but not anywhere visible to customers. That means that Southwest could change this policy at any time with no notice. I might worry about that if Southwest ran its business like the other airlines, but it doesn't.