Originally Posted by Far From Home

Has anyone had success switching from a confirmed nonstop flight to standby on an earlier one-stop?

Looks to be against the rules, and was told by a phone agent that it won't work because the number of flight coupons is different -the nonstop has only one, and they wouldn't know what to do with the pax on the second leg because the coupon would be missing.

Just curious if there's a way to make it work other than buying the re-fared itinerary.

Context: I'm on the 4/13 10:00am nonstop LAX-PHL, arriving 6:16pm. That's the earliest nonstop for the day. There are a few one-stop options that arrive earlier into PHL which I would try on standby if possible.