Originally Posted by
Rizla
Hi,
Ive seena few people say they fly standby. Can anyone do this? Do you have to have a full priced ticket purchased to be able to do this?
Also if you do fly standby do you still get your points and stuff?
There are a few ways people talk about flying standby.
One is airline employees and family who fly basically free plus taxes/fees. This is pure standby and does not entail buying a full-priced ticket. No points earned on these non-rev tickets.
Another way the standby term is used is for paid passengers who standby for an earlier flight. I only have experience doing this on HA but my experience is that this costs a fee to standby for an earlier flight unless you have status.