Originally Posted by yyznomad
W tickets now only allow earlier same-day standby. If you want to get on a later flight you'll have to pay the change fee on AE tickets. It used to allow same-day standby anytime the day of your flight, but it has since changed.
A rudimentary FT search reveals a post from Andrew Yiu:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...40&postcount=4
My experience has been different. Using a reward ticket for yvr-yul on July 31, 2005 and checking in online, I was presented with a button to standby for an earlier flight. Travel partner on tango plus fare was not.