Originally Posted by deltheking

Hi,

I have a flight tomorrow from Houston,TX - Midland ,TX : IAH-MAF at 6.47pm tomorrow. I want to fly on an earlier flight and I called United if there were any confirmed same day change flights available for the fee of $75. The cust service rep said that there were no flights available in the same fare class that I booked .

And he also said that the two morning flights were sold out . And the 2.00 pm flight has less than 5 seats. United never has seats in the same fare class for same day confirmed changes. And this is not the first time I am experiencing this.

If I decide to fly standby at the airport - what are my chances ? Generally how sold out their flights are ? And what are the chances of any of the seats opening up. How soon do I check tomorrow for the morning flights ?