Originally Posted by
azfanboy
I was going to show up early and let the gate agent know we are still willing and able to give up our seats. Is there anything different the FT brain trust would advise in this situation?
The only thing I'd add is that if you're willing to be split up, you should say so, as the chance that they'll need five seats is very small.
That said: I wouldn't get my hopes up. In general, UA won't oversell flights due to WX cancellations -- at least, not by any more than usual. There will just be a bunch of people who get routed through other cities, or who end up on the standby list for a couple of days, or whatever. UA's not eager to give out vouchers in order to get the cancellation victims out earlier.