Philoj

This was a few months ago, but I had to share...

I was flying home (AA) DEN-ORD-DCA. DEN flight was about 10am, getting me home early evening. However, there was a DEN-DFW at 6am, which let me catch a DFW-DCA and be home by lunchtime. I tried the Platinum desk, but they wanted a change fee (basically a rebooking) and advised I try standby the next morning.

So at 5am I was on standby for the DEN-DFW flight, and got a seat.

This put me in DFW with a ticket from ORD-DCA. The gate attendant seemed completely baffled as to why I was standing in front of her. Luckily a more seasoned agent was standing next to her and got me on the flight. Mission accomplished, I got home six hours earlier.

How often does the inflight rerouting work? Did I get lucky, or is it par for the course?

Philo