Originally Posted by nsx
Au contraire. You will be removed from the flight and your seat will be given away if you don't show up. It almost happened to me once. I showed up 3 minutes before departure just as they were about to give away my seat -- the last seat. The fact that I had a single-digit A made the difference, I think. They probably gave away others' seats first, working in reverse order of check-in (by boarding pass number).
I cleared standby on flight in which at least 3 passengers checkin in online and either didn't show or showed after they're seats were given away. BUT
people are talking about using a continuing flight to gain extra RR credits. If the flight lands on time you'll be at the gate more than 10 minutes before the flight resumes.
My question is if the flight is delayed by 30 minutes, and they don't do an equipment change, will they re-assign your seat while you're still in the air, ie 10 minutes before the scheduled departure time. I think they normally wait until the plane is loaded but I'm not sure if they have to.