<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">AC is looking for more ways to generate money and by doing this they will achieve that.</font>
If AC would come out and say this then we'd all just suck it up and get on with it. But in fact Rupert Duschene has explicity claimed the reason they are now disallowing standbys on the lower fares is the there were so many low fare standbys being processed at the gate it was delaying flights. His words, not ours. So if anyone is "blaming gate agents" it's AC management.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> I don't believe that AC will loose a customer if he's denied SBY early. If this occurs once or twice well he may just pay that higher fare if he wants less restrictions on his ticket.</font>
Really? The passenger is already opting for a very low fare, and you think they'll just hand over a bigger (sometimes much bigger) chunk of cash? My guess is that if they are that price concious, they'd probably buy the same or lower fare on an airline that
does allow same day standby from lower fares.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Oversold flight is no big deal to me</font>
That's an unfortunate attitude in my view, becuase to the person involuntarily left behind, it a
HUGE deal. See
http://www.errorplan.com/horror1.htm for an example of just how big a deal it can be.
[This message has been edited by Ken hAAmer (edited 04-09-2002).]