Originally Posted by FinallyFlying
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?
Unless your fare rules specifically allow it, or you get a sympathetic agent, I doubt it. The normal "standby co-terminals" are IAD/DCA, ORD/MDW (soon to cease to be relevant), and JFK/LGA (which share so few destinations as to be nearly irrelevant).