Elite and non-elite traveling together on separate PNRs - standby allowed for both?
Jan 8, 2012, 8:20 pm
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Elite and non-elite traveling together on separate PNRs - standby allowed for both?
My girlfriend and I will be flying DFW-LAS in a couple weeks. Because she has to return a few days before I do, we are on separate PNRs. On the outbound, we'd like to go standby on an earlier flight. I know standby is reserved for elites. Since we are traveling together, will they let her standby with me? Has anyone had experience with this? I would guess it depends on the agent working the flight.
Jan 8, 2012, 8:58 pm
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My girlfriend and I will be flying DFW-LAS in a couple weeks. Because she has to return a few days before I do, we are on separate PNRs. On the outbound, we'd like to go standby on an earlier flight. I know standby is reserved for elites. Since we are traveling together, will they let her standby with me? Has anyone had experience with this? I would guess it depends on the agent working the flight.
Jan 9, 2012, 4:28 am
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Free standby is reserved for elites, but anybody can go on standby for a fee, right?
Jan 9, 2012, 5:48 am
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Jan 9, 2012, 6:07 am
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Jan 9, 2012, 10:08 am
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Jan 9, 2012, 10:13 am
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While traveling with a non-elite companion recently on separate but linked PNRs I was told by a GA at DFW that we could not both stand by. I'm not sure if this is correct but I didn't press the issue since our scheduled flight was only about 45 minutes later.
Jan 9, 2012, 10:43 am
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Jan 9, 2012, 10:46 am
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I have zero success with this.
Jan 9, 2012, 11:37 am
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Also, you can standby as a non-elite with a fee (when they confirmed flight change is not available)
Jan 9, 2012, 11:43 am
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Jan 9, 2012, 3:25 pm
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non-elites are SOL
I can tell you from bitter experience that the non-elite companion cannot change flights without paying $50 or more. Call it standby, or confirmed flight change, it costs non-elites money. In our case, it was particularly disappointing because we were on the same PNR and therefore my non-elite companion WAS entitled to Same Day Standby (free) but when we approached the GA to use this benefit, the first thing he did was SPLIT us into two PNRs. The second thing he did? The next thing he did was to inform us that because my companion wasn't on my PNR, he'd have to pay $50.
Yeat another further, different, additional.... learning experience
Yeat another further, different, additional.... learning experience
Jan 9, 2012, 4:10 pm
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CFC is subject to E fare availability. no E fare no change even if there are empty seats, while elites can get free seats as long as they are empty after boarding.
Jan 9, 2012, 4:46 pm
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And... Confirmed flight change is now $75
And... Confirmed flight change is now $75
Jan 9, 2012, 9:07 pm
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When did it go up to $75? That's annoying.