Originally Posted by
warbo
That is misleading. I've been here 7 years and it's always been the case that if you want a confirmed seat on a LATER flight you pay the change fee plus any fare difference. The standby fee applies only to EARLIER flights. Nothing to do with LCC at all. Nothing has changed.
No it is NOT misleading. The OP, if you can read, asked about going on a flight the following day. That's a LATER flight. This is not about EARLIER flights. I've been flying US a lot longer than you have been working for it and a LOT has changed!