Umm, I wouldn't be bringing the issue up had I not had an overnight delay. As it stands, EVERYONE involved was going to be stranded overnight, and yes, I spent the night at the lovely Red Roof Inn SFO...
As for the 24hour overnight delay vs. my 10hr overnight delay, is time the only criteria for 'inconvenience'? They were vacationing to SYD. I got 4 hours of sleep, missed my morning client meeting, and am now going to miss my afternoon meeting b/c UA also lost my bag in all of this. So yes... who's really more inconvenienced? Vacationers that could've slept for 10 hours & hung out in SF, or someone thats now going to miss 2 client meetings?
Originally Posted by
emanon256
Actually, after re-reading the OP, the 4 PAX were not even on the standby list. They were transfered to this flight. So there was space available, that the OP was waiting for on standby. The other PAX were then re-ticket onto the flight, and the GA asked that the 4 pax not be IVDBd. Then no standby space was available for the OP. So basically, the OP was standby, and other PAX were confirmed for the flight, making the Sort Order moot.
So this is the problem. I was trying to get confirmed into SEA-LAX direct, but told that Y was full, and that I had to go on standby list and wait to clear. All the meanwhile, another CSR goes ahead and confirms her 4 pax into SEA-LAX outside of the standby window, thereby effectively taking status and everything else out of the equation.