Originally Posted by
cblaisd
It's sounds like your experience has been different, but the gate agent told me that one has to be on the standby list 30 minutes before the flight -- no exceptions for Gold/Platinum.
Turns out this
is a "new rule". HA HQ confirmed it over the phone. The G/A does have discretion, however. He let us on an earlier flight to OGG this morning when HA17 from LAS arrived 40 minutes early "as a one time courtesy" after lecturing us for half a minute about the new policy.
