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Old Dec 4, 2015 | 6:20 pm
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rsteinmetz70112
 
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Originally Posted by texashoser
There's on obvious reason for this: If they let everyone do what your trying to do without penalty. Then quite a few people would just book the cheapest flight for that day and either show up early or late, etc, and ask to get on another flight. Although, there is a flat tire rule that I'm sure gets abused...
Other airlines allow same day standby or changes for a small fee and don't seem to have problems. I personally think it's one of the ways they make up for not charging change fees.
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