Originally Posted by
jsloan
If you SDC to the day before, you'll get an August 17 boarding pass.
Standing by on a different operational day is not technically within policy and so is a YMMV situation.
Originally Posted by
fumje
Best option would be app/kiosk or ticket agent, outside of TSA, at 7:xx to do the SDC. Usually agents at the airport will do this.
Of course, that then means you need to clear TSA quickly to get to the gate by 8:xx am – 0:15.
I didn't notice the time at first. Yeah, that's a tight window, but there's virtually no chance you'll be able to get through TSA with a boarding pass for 25 hours in the future.
Originally Posted by
elbejt2
Originally booked roundtrip U fare code ORD-MSY. Upfared to A class on both legs. tried to SCD to ORD-IAH-MSY. new flight was A fare ORD-IAH, and only economy (B) from IAH-MSY. Thought I could convince the agent to let me take the economy seat (B). She said that after an upfare, the original fare code is relevant and it was expensive to switch from the original U fare to B, even though I had upfared to A. Was going to cost $1k, so did not make the change. she also said in irregular ops I would be subject to original U fare code. agent seemed knowledgeable and as if she had many years of experience. any thoughts on if she was correct? no reason for me to think she was wrong.
With a true up-fare (called in to do it, and appears as add/collect on the receipt), the original fare class no longer matters. However, the A fare will still have an underlying economy fare basis -- that's how UA sells its domestic first class. (It ensures a minimum separation between economy and first fares). If you purchased an upgrade via the web site, they won't apply after a change.
The app will likely offer flights that have A inventory, regardless of whether or not the underlying economy fare basis is available. A fares will delegate to Y class on one-class planes, but if IAH-MSY was a two-class plane, I can see the agent's point.
In IRROPS, again, assuming a true up-fare, you should have had access to any F inventory, and, if F isn't available, any Y inventory.