Originally Posted by h1ghfly3r

I been on stand by twice.
the flight from bkk-auh was oversold and I showed up at the airport and had to fly.
At the ticket counter they told me to wait until 60min before departures.
On my flight were 4 no-show-passengers.
I paid the flight.checked my luggage in and rushed through immigration and security.

I assume you have to wait until the very last minute to get your confirmation to change to an earlier flight. might be possible that they charge you some additional $ if your booking class is not available anymore.

hope that helps