SDS for later flight
Jun 25, 2019, 5:06 am
#16
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 3,097
He said it was confirmed, not standby. In any case, SDC requires a legal routing but a lot of fare rules allow for connections at non-hub airports (plus there are agents who don't pay a lot of attention to the legal routing requirement).
Jun 25, 2019, 11:14 am
#17
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 57
Correct, this was a confirmed routing. I just mentioned I was very flexible with routing if it meant getting home that day. Net-net, if I'm looking to save money on a ticket from the west coast, as a DM (and one single experience,) I have more confidence in just booking a ticket that's the cheapest and then being flexible in how I get home. Likely really only works well standing in a hub airport.
Jun 25, 2019, 3:41 pm
#18
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
Posts: 21,422
mea culpa, missed “confirmed” in later post (dealing w not feeling 100%, ATL delays, and impending 0100 arrival into DCA)