Originally Posted by Sweet Willie
Does NW allow a no NW status customer to fly standby for an earlier flight(s) on the outbound?
FWIW, I'm flying ORD-MSP-DEN
Yes, most of the time they will let you standby for the same date departure. They even can change the routing if they want. One time I was suppose to be on BOS-DTW-SFO, they put me to an earlier flight BOS-MSP-SFO.
I think the standby is regardless of status.
Good luck!