Originally Posted by
canadiancow
I think your problem was talking to the gate agent instead of just letting the system work.
I actually let the system run the work. No J seat was available with 16/16 and all checked in.
I waited until almost everyone boarded and approached the gate agent to inquire if there was a no-show or miss connection in J, since, hey, I checked in and miss connected in J earlier the same day. That's when he politely rejected me and (presumably) removed me from the standby list.
I sat there and observed the gate agent actually cleared another 7 or 8 pax after the flight should have long left. I supposed all of them were cleared into Y. It might have worked me in the end because I would rather sit in J for my original flight than taking a middle Y seat for the sake of arriving about 50 minutes earlier.