Originally Posted by snake
At the airport, the kiosk's will give you the option to change to a different same day flight, if available, otherwise if you don't cancel before your scheduled flight departs, your ticket turns into a pumpkin.

Is that really true? I mean, if you have a "flat tire"

and make it to the airport a little late, will CO really not accommodate you on a later, same day flight on a standby basis, subject of course to space availability?