Greetings from the lounge at BHX! Arrived at airport to find flight I am booked on to DUB delayed by approx 2 hours. The earlier flight also delayed. My ticket, I believe, allowed for standby for earlier flight, so when that one called the gate I trotted over to ask if it would be possible to switch. The gate attendant just refused, point blank. End of. I’m not sure that she was actually EI staff - and was quite rude at one point.

Does anyone know what the actual criteria is for getting standby on earlier flight? Would it make a difference if the earlier flight was Emerald?