wait, so 1P and 2P have to pay a fee to standby....! You're kidding right?!
*Global ServicesSM customers, Mileage PlusŪ members with 1KŪ status, and customers traveling on Standard Award tickets or fully refundable tickets are exempt from fees for confirmed same-day travel changes and unconfirmed same-day standby.
Originally Posted by
okrogius
Comparing this with others:
CO - 50 to change within 24 hours (e.g. 1pm flight, you can change at 1pm day before)
US - 50 to change any point same day (e.g. 1pm flight, you can change at 6am, but only at the airport)
AA - 50 to change within 12 hours (e.g. 1pm flight, you can change at 1am)
DL - 50 to change within 3 hours (e.g. 1pm flight, you can change at 10am)
UA - 75 to change within 3 hours, 50 to change 15 minutes prior...
(AA/DL free for all elites. CO offers a 25 discount for golds. Only UA and US charge full price for low/mid elites.)
UA just went from the best standby, to having the worst of all legacies. I wonder if I can get this on a napkin, along with the #1 on-time message.
No- US doesn't charge its low-tier elites
From US Air website:
Standby fee waived
Move up to an earlier flight for free. We waive the $50 standby fee for our Silver Preferred customers who want to move up to an earlier flight on the same day of travel.
SO United is now clearly the worst of the majors....worse than US