Originally Posted by
BThumme
Then why don't they get rid of non-rev travel? They'd much rather let non-revs waitlist for F and J then move up paying customers and free up space in the back for those NRSA.
Very different; the staff have benefits which permit this travel
If someone holds appropriate statis than that person can standby for free, otherwise there is a charge to change to a different flight - there is no compelling reason why , in normal operations, the airline should allow the change for free rather than charge for it. That is foregoing $75 x number of passengers ( that make the change ) a day;