Originally Posted by
flying_geek
And I assume my fares just never met that criteria - I have never been able to get on an earlier BA flight where it wasn't a full fare one segment flight. I haven't asked in a while - but I would quite frequently fly things like MIA-LHR-XXX - often I fares or mid tier economy fares - and I would go (no checked bags) to a gate with an earlier departure and was always told I have to fly as ticketed.
You haven't met the criteria since MIA-XXX is not a European route, In the case of the LHR-XXX component of MIA-XXX, it is down to fare rules as to permitted changes
Originally Posted by flying_geek
I have also never been able to get onto a BA waitlist - last time I tried was LHR-MIA where (it was BA ticket stock) I was booked onto a later BA flight in J after the AA flight where I was in confirmed F (actually confirmed F - after the previous' day BA A fare flight was cancelled) was also cancelled. Asked in the Concorde room if I can get on a standby list for the earlier BA flight preferably in F but also J - and was told that's not possible.
There are waitlists for certain fare bases, however on the day it is unlikely that the booking class would open up and allow for ticketing and reissue. There is no standby offered by BA - if there is availability to rebook , you can rebook and get reticketed, but no standing by