Originally Posted by
SK AAR
Maybe I'm wrong but I got the impression that if you are in SAS Plus you can stand-by for an earlier flight the same day without up-fare to next available booking class, i.e. for free even if your booking class is no longer available for the earlier flight. It is not a rebooking (confirmed) - you are on standby.
I'm completely wrong?
I am pretty sure that there is no such policy, but I would say that it is not too uncommon that they "forget" to collect the fare difference - especially for Gold and Diamonds already holding a Plus ticket.
On the other hand I usually ask at the gate when boarding is almost completed and in such cases I would definitely not have made the new flight if they would have to reissue the ticket in a new bookingclass and collect payment for the faredifference etc. Just for the record, I've only tried with Plus tickets so not sure about how it's handled with Go tickets.