Originally Posted by
baliktad
Agreed. Although I have been 100% successful moving flights within 24 hours (even to next/previous day) due to AS' generous standby policy, which is usually enough to accommodate my last-minute schedule changes.
You might count one of AS' improvements as NOT sinking as low as AA, who is
yanking free standby from non-elites.
That's probably what I have to do more often from now on--same day stand by. As for AA, I have always avoided them, especially we get no bennies from them, not even priority boarding for MVPG.