Originally Posted by
rittenhousesq
Would that really work? I'd think the CS rep would look at his itinerary and see that his previous flight had arrived four hours earlier. It would be hard to explain why that connection was missed.
It won't be as hard actually.

All you have to do is tell them you fell asleep after a red-eye flight and ask to be put on standby. I did it twice (altho I did not fall asleep).