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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 9:20 am
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Originally Posted by cerealmarketer
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The numbness cost me the ability to get to my destination five hours earlier -- flight I wanted was initially full with lots of seat requests but ended up clearing all standbys and some nonrevs.
Some fares explicitly prohibit standby (while allowing SDC). Did you check your fare rule?
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