Originally Posted by
Thai-Kiwi
You seem very grumpy with THAI.
Was your ticket in a flexible fare class? If you were after a 'free' change to an earlier flight but the fare condition's don't allow that, then why would you expact a free change to an earlier flight? Long gone are such flexible days. pay more for a fully flexible ticket, otherwise one is stuck with what you paid (and agreed to).
Certainly it is hardly is hardly THAI's fault if you have a non-flexible ticket. The benefits of being Star Alliance Gold do not include free standby, and actually not even seat selection for better seats - although you own program may offer that.
No idea whether the thread was 13 years old or 1 year old. When you google Thai Airways and standby it comes up.
And yes it is bs. On every other major SA airline you can fly standby for free as a top tier flyer. So sorry I had not looked up Thai given the other 6 or 7 dont give you any issue. Given flights in Asia are $200 day of I simply wont buy early again. Prblem solved. Yes it's a crappy decision by an airline to have different rules than all of its major partners (Who are much larger). Any reasonable person would expect the same.
Sorry to harm your day. Enjoy life