<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dave_261:
If I use nwa.com check-in for my original flight at the 30-hour mark, will it offer me the opportunity to standby & upgrade for the earlier flight, assuming F has availability?
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Um, no. You standby at the gate. If you have status and there are lots of seats available, an agent might put you on the earlier flight when you check-in in person at the airport, but I'm not sure what the standards are for that---it was specifically stated the one time that that happened that he was doing that for me since I was Platinum.
Edited to add that following:
BTW, it isn't a 24 hour rule for Silver, it is a "day before" rule. For example, if you are flying at 11:59pm on Monday, you can be upgraded at 12:00 midnight on Sunday (much more than 24 hours). What time zone is this based upon? I have never been able to figure that out. But, I have observed that EUA often occurs early by several hours up to almost a full day.
[This message has been edited by bwallet (edited 04-17-2003).]