Originally Posted by CMV
One way to avoid this entirely is to buy your ticket through UA. Any UA purchased US-metal ticket will not have a standby fee.
Can you ask the US Airways ticket counter or US Airways gate agent to do this or do you need to call United?
Also, since 12/01/05, UA has a $25 change fee for their metal. Are you sure that there is no change fee if it is a code share flight with US Airways?