Originally Posted by moxielady

i contacted the platinum line only to see if i could get an agent to tell me if i had half a chance to do a sds for an earlier flight tomorrow. Didn't know if they could/would tell me there were seats available, but if they could and there were no seats, i didn't want to check out of my hotel at the crack of dawn and end of sitting at the airport for 5 hours because i wasn't successful.

I was told that if i wanted, they would confirm seats on the earlier flight i wanted. I booked an x fare and the flights i wanted were a u fare. Pleasantly surprised at how easy this was given the fact that i thought the fare i purchased had to be available to do a sdc!