Originally Posted by
RFDMinnesota
Here's something I am giving thought to trying: Given that most universities and schools have Spring Break the 3 weeks starting 3/10,3/17 and 3/24, what if I watched EF for Y0 or Y1 to pop up the day before any of these Saturday (or even Friday I guess) departures so that I could buy a last-minute ticket to a destination I would like to travel to and cancel it with the 24 hour risk free policy if I don't get a VDB.
Any thoughts?
OK, so you buy the ticket, head to the airport, get a BP, go to the gate and ask the GA to put you on the volunteer list. She says to you "Wait here in the gate area until I know if I will need you or not." You wait until 10 minutes before departure when the GA says she won't need a volunteer, so please board. What will you say then? "Uh, no, I have better things to do than to board the flight for which I have a ticket and a boarding pass." Very suspicious.
Then there is the issue of refunding a ticket for which you have already checked in. That requires a phone call to "uncheck you in."
Originally Posted by
RFDMinnesota
Also, if I were to try this all I would need is any fare bucket to have 1 slot and the rest 0 right? I'm a bit confused because on some flights I can see 0 fare availability, yet the seat map shows PLENTY of open seats.
Availability in fare buckets has absolutely no correlation to how many physical seat assignments have been made. Many flights have Y0 but have a dozen or more seats still available - mainly because DL blocks so many seats until the last minute for elites. Many people would want to wait to get a seat assignment at the airport than book a middle seat.