Originally Posted by
GoingAway
Interesting ... I need to play with this one, I guess I haven't experienced the situation yet so didn't recognize the difference.
I do agree with MatthewLAX though that if you ask nicely of the GA (and its not the last moments before the door is closing), you'd get on if there is room.
For official confirmed standby, it needs to be the same routing.
However I've been confirmed on flights when asking to be put on the standby list (not confirmed) when the flight had a LOT of space available. It probably makes sense for the gate agent too, as everyone standing by would be getting on anyway and it will cut down on the work during crunch-time just before boarding commences.