Thanks for your replies guys!
Sadly, as expected, at midnight the earlier flights were still full. On MMB I was offered one LHR Club upgrade for ~£500, and change to LCY economy for £~250, neither of which were that appealing!
Thankfully, I found a really helpful member of ground staff who had just closed a previous flight, and was sat tapping away at her computer. After explaining my situation, she tapped away again, and said that I could get a seat on the flight that was delayed as some people still hadn't checked in despite that fact that it should've been boarding already. Happy days! I even got an exit row! Saved me from hanging around AMS for 8 hours. I've never been so happy to have night a Plus ticket!
With the delay I even had time to visit the terribly overcrowded Aspire lounge (they were denying entry to PP etc, just airline customers allowed in)
Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
. However there could easily be a lot of changes between midnight and departure, not least those on FCOD on early flights wanting to go later. So never say never, but FCOD -> Standby is not an advertised option or something that happens in normal circumstances.
sadly not enough people tried to move to the later flights.
Originally Posted by
KARFA
. I doubt talking about SDC to the gate agents will get you anywhere either, they won't have a clue about it.
Thankfully some of them do know what it is!