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Old Jan 31, 2019, 7:27 pm
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onthesam
 
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Originally Posted by mehitabel
Can anyone help handicap VDB chances? I'm booked SFO-ORD on tonight's redeye (11:15pm), and am trying to decide whether to use the weather waiver to fly later. I got the VDB menu at OLCI - the flight just prior was canceled. Flight status shows J/Y full, but only one person on standby. EF shows 2 open E+ seats.

So if I get to the gate and don't get a VDB offer, can I still use the waiver to travel later? Or is there a T -x cutoff?
Not sure...

Your plan is to go to the gate and then voluntarily switch to a later flight if you don't get VDB? Am I missing something?

BTW that flight has 98 on the upgrade list with F showing full
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