Originally Posted by fnord77

check the monitors. Feel like an idiot - I've flown way too much to have let this happen. Was sitting at the wrong gate for 2 hours and it dawned on me that there was hardly anyone there and the monitor didn't display departure info. Ran to the monitor, the real departing gate was in a different terminal entirely and doors were closing in 15 minutes. Needless to say I didn't make it.

Lesson learned - don't depend on crappy airline apps.

Anyway, I'm stuck now at SFO. I got a standby pass for a 10pm flight with final arrival tomorrow morning. Which is fine... But the 10pm flight is already filled. Should I even bother to try?

I was tempted to buy a 1 one same day to my final destination, but I think my original return ticket will get cancelled. A full new roundtrip is over $1000 now for this holiday weekend.

What should I do? Try to get lucky with the standby flight? Cough up the grand for a new flight on a different airline?

Originally Posted by fnord77

I've heard there's no guarantee they wont' do that even if you confirm with them