Originally Posted by G23
stand by policy is as follows: Same day change is allowed 3 hours prior to flight time desired. Same bucket must be avail. if not, no SDC. Stand by can only be for the same day of travel. Some tickets prohibit stand by. If you don't know the rules of your ticket call reservations.
The same fare bucket must be available only for the $25 confirmed standby option, not regular standby, correct? In the past, I have flown regular standby on discounted economy tickets and have been permitted to standby when there clearly has not been any availability in my original fare bucket (and even have been upgraded in such situations).