FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Standby questions for LHR-MIA and MIA-SJU today (24 Jan 2019)
Old Jan 24, 2019, 6:30 am
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ringingup
 
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Originally Posted by flyalways
Go to CS desk AFTER you clear immigration/security and see if there is still time to
make it to new flight....If there is any availability you should be able to get on. This
is the safest way....
Thank you! I was talking to a fellow passenger who claimed that a non-confirmed stand-by (as in when the app says explicitly that it's stand-by only) won't "clear" if you're not at the gate by the time they call you and that, if you don't show up, you keep your original flight. Is that true?
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