This thread has already addressed the no route change rule, but I am a little confused. According to fare rules I've seen, SFO-OAK are considered the same point.
So, shouldn't I be able to go stand by on a flight out of SFO even if my original flight leaves out of OAK?
That's what I'd like to do. The return flight is OAK-DEN, and I want to go SFO-DEN instead.
Has anybody ever done that?