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Originally Posted by OssianBlue

Curious about something I observed flying back and forth to Lima this weekend. I'm Delta Platinum.

A350s with no PP but (substandard Delta 1). I was in regular economy going down (had the good exit row seat) and C+ on the way back. Both flights were completely full in Y with a handful of seats in C+ and 8/12 seats in D1. Standby list was 20+ long.

I figured they'd roll the cabin forward into D1/C+ and then fill the standbys into Y. Instead no one was rolled and the standbys cleared into D1/C+. Same thing happened in both flights.

What's up? Were the standbys buddy pass/employee folks?

These are the ex-LATAM A350s. There's a long thread on these -- ex-LATAM A350's DL featuring LATAM seat config - Consolidated Reviews
DL does not provide comp upgrades to Medallions on international D1 and the standbys were almost certainly non-rev's and not just regular pax (DL does not provide standby option to regular pax on international flights).

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