Same Day Confirmed Change (SDC)
Oct 27, 2015, 3:45 pm
#61
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I see you're a UA elite so you're use to their more liberal standby policy where same day refers to a 24 hour day that starts from the time your original flight is scheduled to depart. AS does not allow any travel to carry over to the next day as a free standby.
The UA policy can be used to turn one-ways in round-trips for the cost a one-way award. I turned in 10K for a short haul award from PDX-SEA and routed myself PDX-SFO-MCI-DEN-SEA and then we I got to MCI, I used SDC for the next day and then the following day, I used SDC again so I essentially got to visit family for a couple nights in Missouri without having to get a round-trip ticket ^
The UA policy can be used to turn one-ways in round-trips for the cost a one-way award. I turned in 10K for a short haul award from PDX-SEA and routed myself PDX-SFO-MCI-DEN-SEA and then we I got to MCI, I used SDC for the next day and then the following day, I used SDC again so I essentially got to visit family for a couple nights in Missouri without having to get a round-trip ticket ^
Oct 27, 2015, 7:34 pm
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Try checking in for SEA after your initial checkin if not all your preferred options are displayed. Yes the old UA SDC was crazy.
Originally Posted by haddon90
doing a small MR on saturday SNA-PDX and then PDX-SEA-SNA. when i check in for the PDX-SEA-SNA segment, does the ap list all of the SDC options? i'm hoping to do either the last flight to SNA or stay the night in PDX and fly back sunday.
also, does AS allow you to SDC while in transit? land in SEA and SDC to the next day SEA-SNA?
also, does AS allow you to SDC while in transit? land in SEA and SDC to the next day SEA-SNA?
Oct 27, 2015, 7:44 pm
#63
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While I don't expect AS to offer the crazy SDC that UA had, I do wish they would at least allow for (legal) routing changes....I know some agents have been known to bend the rules on this, but it's still not allowed online since it's against official policy.
Dec 15, 2015, 5:13 pm
#64
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Does anyone make a habit of using this to buy cheaper tickets on the regular? I'm tempted to buy some cheap weekday daytime flights and plan on there being an open seat for the evening flight I actually want at the 10 pm the night before (MVPG). I'm guessing it'll usually work and I'll save a lot of money, expect for the time it doesn't and I get stuck having to fly when I should be at work.
Dec 15, 2015, 5:44 pm
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Does anyone make a habit of using this to buy cheaper tickets on the regular? I'm tempted to buy some cheap weekday daytime flights and plan on there being an open seat for the evening flight I actually want at the 10 pm the night before (MVPG). I'm guessing it'll usually work and I'll save a lot of money, expect for the time it doesn't and I get stuck having to fly when I should be at work.
Apr 20, 2016, 10:30 am
#69
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Any experiences with SDC on only the first leg of two (thus lengthening the connection)? I don't see anything preventing this.
If yes, does the answer depend on...
- whether there is an earlier flight available for the second leg as the next-out connection
- whether the new connection created is >4 hours long
If yes, does the answer depend on...
- whether there is an earlier flight available for the second leg as the next-out connection
- whether the new connection created is >4 hours long
Apr 20, 2016, 10:45 am
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Any experiences with SDC on only the first leg of two (thus lengthening the connection)? I don't see anything preventing this.
If yes, does the answer depend on...
- whether there is an earlier flight available for the second leg as the next-out connection
- whether the new connection created is >4 hours long
If yes, does the answer depend on...
- whether there is an earlier flight available for the second leg as the next-out connection
- whether the new connection created is >4 hours long
I would think that the answer would be any flight under 4 hour connect or next available, as consistant with the fare rules.
Apr 20, 2016, 11:08 am
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*except the one time my alarm didn't go off and I missed my EWR-SEA flight entirely, which doesn't count because that wasn't an intentional SDC. I still got 6E though. I have never been so happy to have a middle seat in my life.
Apr 20, 2016, 3:07 pm
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Does anyone make a habit of using this to buy cheaper tickets on the regular? I'm tempted to buy some cheap weekday daytime flights and plan on there being an open seat for the evening flight I actually want at the 10 pm the night before (MVPG). I'm guessing it'll usually work and I'll save a lot of money, expect for the time it doesn't and I get stuck having to fly when I should be at work.
Apr 20, 2016, 3:17 pm
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Apr 20, 2016, 3:17 pm
#74
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Agreed on the SEA to PDX it works well. I did get hosed on a SEA to GEG on holiday weekend, I had to fly out earlier than intended. Learned my lesson there
Apr 22, 2016, 10:11 pm
#75
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In my experience, if you try to SDC on the second leg a flight, it needs to depart within 4 hours of the arrival of the first flight, so no overnight stay or layover from morning to late afternoon.
Yes, I do SDC occasionally to save money, especially the SEA to GEG runs.
Yes, I do SDC occasionally to save money, especially the SEA to GEG runs.