Originally Posted by
vgb2001
Can't talk for OP but I had to un-check a few days ago; I decided to wait list for RUC when I saw I was 7 with 7 seats avail. Then 3 more seats became avail, increasing my chances to get the upgrade without using the RUC. In order to remove the RUC, I had to call , un-check, and re-check.
That's one example.
Another example is you don't have a seat assignment on at least one leg, and you check in...this places you on the standby list for a seat assignment, which means you don't appear (at least on the app) on the UG list until you have a coach seat assignment.
If you call, uncheck, pick any seat, recheck in, you will then magically appear on the UG list. ^
Some SLC supervisor kept warning me that my position on the UG list could change...as if check in time is important (if at all) for UG list position...I still proceeded, was #1 to start, and ended up #1 at the gate and cleared.
Originally Posted by
kenn0223
No security issues since your details are run though Secure Flight (No Fly List) before you get a boarding pass and you are screened like any other passenger.
In theory there is a cost to the taxpayer since you are using TSA services and not paying for them (i.e. all fees are refunded when you do the refund) and I am sure there is a cost to DL to process everything. If either of these was material they wouldn't allow the practice but they do so no reason not to do it.
Fun Fact -- If you buy a fully refundable ticket you can get a refund at any point within a year from ticket issuance even after the flight departs. You could purchase a ticket, get a BP and go though security, and still get a refund months later if you were worried about being called out by DL.
There may not be security issues as far as you having anything not allowed on you passing through the checkpoint, but why would you be at the airport and past the gate if you aren't boarding a flight (barring IRROPS or emergencies where you would have to leave?).
A close friend runs multiple states for TSA, and recently told me that TSA is specifically looking for passengers that (frequently) purchase tickets, pass through the checkpoint, and don't actually fly. Obviously they have access to airline records as to who boarded a flight. So I certainly wouldn't make a habit of it, nor would I assume "no security issues."
Because it is the government after all, and if they wanted to give you a hard time...reminds me of what Bill Hader's character said in Superbad..."prepare to be f***ed by the long d**k of the law."