Originally Posted by
wschild
I called to standby for a later flight today and was told I could not standby for later flights?! I travel on UA and AA any have never had a problem standing by for later flights.
Any advice?
Is there a paid same-day confirmed option if I can't standby?
You can standby at the gate for later flights.
Or you can pay $25 to get confirmed same-day change, starting from 3 hours before the new flight.
So, it is 9:45a right now and you want to get on a 3p flight; you can call CO to tell them you won't be flying this morning. Then at noon, you can try to pay the $25 to get confirmed. If nothing is available, you can go to the airport to waitlist.
BUT if there's no room, then you risk forfeiting your ticket, as if you can't get on any flight today, by tomorrow CO can tell you to take a hike.