Originally Posted by
goldelite8
Looking to finally do the Island Hopper and am hoping someone can shed light on the prospects of getting onto the flight via a SDC. The fare is considerably more to book the Island Hopper directly and the flight I'm looking at (in a few weeks) looks really empty. Separately, if my (very low) fare class is not available on the day of departure to be eligible for a SDC, is it possible to standby for the Island Hopper? Continuing onwards to PVG from GUM afterwards on the nonstop...
My sole experience on the Island Hopper leads me to believe that a SDC might be difficult. The seat maps looked quite empty, but every leg we were on was pretty much completely full. It was almost entirely locals and I don't think they choose their seats ahead of time.