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Old Jan 17, 2020, 9:00 am
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Originally Posted by Powers106
would I need to spend extra miles as the seats available on a search are 35k miles, or would standby allow me to do it for free? (yeah, nothing on United is free, but thought to ask)
Originally Posted by TXJeepGuy
Same Day Change should require no additional miles, just whatever your SDC cost is for your tier level.
Correct, although Same-Day Change would require space to open up in the same inventory bucket. I suspect that the 15K award is in the saver (XN) bucket and the 35K award is in the everyday (YN) bucket.

However, standby is available and does not require space in any particular booking class.

OP: Some agents will refuse to process standby if you have a checked bag. With no checked bag, standby is simple, but note that you’ll get whatever seat assignments are left over after all confirmed passengers are seated.
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