Originally Posted by johan rebel
To avoid future misunderstandings, we can perhaps all agree on this definition :
"Of, relating to, or waiting for unreserved travel space that is made available by an airline only shortly before departure: standby passengers." (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2004)
johan
I believe that this post should have ben dircted at the poster who was confused about and thought that the day of the departure upgrade would be a standby upgrade evebn if it was done hours before departure.