Originally Posted by
StevenSeagalFan
That SEA-PDX flight is notoriously difficult to get on standby. The amount of open seats can change by the minute. You were at the gate (according to the masters thesis you wrote) 14 minutes prior to departure. That’s simply not enough time for them to change/process a standby for a SEA-PDX flight.
Why is SEA-PDX any more difficult to stand by on than any other flight with empty seats?
The GA admitted that the flight went out with open economy seats, so the availability of seats wasn’t an issue.
I’m open to there being some factor I don’t understand, but I fly standby quite often and have had multiple experiences arriving at the counter not even on the standby list and leaving with a boarding pass in around/under one minute.