Originally Posted by Mojonba
Hello, Im not sure if this an appropiate question for this forum as is not exactly mileage related but i'll post it anyway.
I have a ticket (Roundtrip Return), flying out of Frankfurt to San Juan, PR on
Aug 1. I will need to change this departure for a couple of more days (could be between 3 and 5). I just called the CSR and they told me that the earlier that i could leave is the 10th (which is not an option) and that is paying $200 change fee + $280 fare change fee since my fare is all sold out. I have not problem paying up to $250 and leaving on the 6th but the alternative the CSR gave me doesnt not work form me. I asked him about flying standby an he told me that was not allowed with my fare. I asked that what if I "missed" my flight and he told me that me ticket would be invalidated. Do you guys know if the standby thing is true? It seems unreasonable that if I miss my flight I will have to buy a one way ticket home. Or is there any other way around this.
Thanks all for your help.
Standby only allows you to fly on flight on the SAME day as your orignal flight. You can't just miss your flight and standby for a flight a couple of days later. I don't know of any airline that would allow that. If you miss your flight an agent
might take pitty on you and rebook you for the next
days flight, but this is risky and probably won't happen, and for sure will not change it to be a few days later.
If you don't cancel/change the ticket before departure of the scheduled flight the remainder of the ticket would be forfited. Again this is standard across airlines nowadays.
I'm a bit confused but I'm thinking this is the return portion that you are trying to change. If there's availibilty in your same booking class on the new day it's the $200 change fee. If no availibilty then it's $200 plus the fare difference.
Remember you bought a restricted ticket. You have to deal with those restrictions or upgrade to and pay for an unrestricted ticket.