Originally Posted by
ijgordon
I'm surprised this wasn't addressed in the Plan B post, but no, you have to be confirmed in Standard Coach in order to stand by or waitlist for Standard BusinessFirst. You can be confirmed in coach on a different day/flight I believe, but you'd have to be prepared to fly as confirmed if the waitlist doesn't clear. And FYI, the waitlist can clear at any time.
CO just doesn't use the word standard anymore they call it "saverpass". That was what was confusing me. I now understand how it works and it looks like if I push my return out one day there is "saverpass" economy space so I should be able to waitlist for "saverpass" BF. At least that's how I understand it. I will report my success/failure on the other related thread which is recent as of 6/7/10.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...rd-travel.html