TXWayne

How do you monitor the app for seat availability? I just started flying SW exclusively 18 months ago after dumping AA and made A-List in November and made my first go at standby last Friday from DCA - DAL. I had booked a 7:20 PM flight home but we wrapped up everything the day before so I was fee to leave whenever. I called the night before to ask about how full each flight was booked to see which one to target. The 1:55 looked good so went for that. Several years ago when I was flying AA I spent a miserable 8 hours at DCA waiting standby when I stupidly assumed on a Friday with an 8PM flight I could strut out at noon and get on a flight before 8PM......surely.....NOT. Did not want a repeat of that.I would have loved a way to check how full flights were on the app.

On the topic of SJC, I am leaving the 26th from DAL with the family to head to SJC for a wedding in Carmel Valley. Much to their chagrin it is a 6:05 AM flight but coming back it will be a more reasonable 4:45 PM. Based on all this I will keep an eye open on the departure gate to ensure we are able to drive up, drop the car, check what I am sure will be too many bags and get four of us to our gate, which will hopefully be something like 25 and not 12.