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Old Jun 8, 2019, 8:56 pm
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global happy traveller
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: PHL, NYC, DC
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Originally Posted by SparseFlyer
Think about it. You standby for a later flight and you don't clear. What then.

Also, the idea of free standby is to allow an earlier flight that was about to leave with empty seats fill up so that the next flight has available seats for sale and misconnections.
makes sense to me..... very reason why I’m asking FTers for a second opinion. now I’m confused as to why their social media advised otherwise......

guess same day change via OLCI might be a better route for me.
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