Originally Posted by
ijgordon
So what happens when you don't clear the later flight. Or the one after that? You're just stranded?
You just get treated like anybody else who missed a flight, you get rolled to the next flight until you make one. I can see why they might not want this happening, but it is at your own risk, and I've never had any trouble with it...
I guess I could imagine a situation where people are using this to extend their trip, for example if you're flying a route that maybe has 2 daily flights at similar times. Maybe you "standby" for the later one (which might only be 15 minutes later), knowing that it is sold out, and end up with an extra day in (insert vacation city). But you do have to actually go to the airport to get put on the standby, so you'd be putting in a fair bit of effort.