Originally Posted by
njcommodore
They probably won't let you do that. The 24 hr rule is hard and fast, you can't change your Wed ticket UNTIL 3:00 Tuesday, and by that time the door will be closed and it will have pushed back. You can take a later flight the night before or earlier flight that morning, but those are the only options for getting where you want earlier.
Let me see if I get this. If I fly into "a" at 8 PM and had an original flight leaving the next day at 5 PM, can I go to the TA when I arrive in the PM and ask for a seat on the 6 AM flight out the next morning or do I have to wait and show at the airport at 5 AM to see if they will accommodate me. As a plat, will they give me a standby for free or will they make me pay? This is still somewhat confusing to me.