If you don't get on the flight standby, do you get your $100 back??
Sep 7, 2002, 8:18 am
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If you don't get on the flight standby, do you get your $100 back??
What happens if:
-You pay $100 to get on an earlier flight standby
-But there's no room, and you take your originally scheduled flight??
Do you get your $100 back????
-You pay $100 to get on an earlier flight standby
-But there's no room, and you take your originally scheduled flight??
Do you get your $100 back????
Sep 7, 2002, 8:34 am
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You are most likely not charged the $100 unless you are confirmed. I think the sequence would be:
1. You go the airport and let the check-in or gate agent know that you would like to standby for an earlier flight.
2. You are added to the standby list.
3. If you get confirmed, you are told to pay the $100 and your ticket is "reissued or revalidated" and a boarding pass for the ealier flight given.
4. If you do not get confirmed, you can either stand by for the next flight and repeat steps 2 and 3 or decide to travel on the flight you were originally booked on, in which case you are not charged the $100 anyway.
[This message has been edited by satish_ny (edited 09-07-2002).]
1. You go the airport and let the check-in or gate agent know that you would like to standby for an earlier flight.
2. You are added to the standby list.
3. If you get confirmed, you are told to pay the $100 and your ticket is "reissued or revalidated" and a boarding pass for the ealier flight given.
4. If you do not get confirmed, you can either stand by for the next flight and repeat steps 2 and 3 or decide to travel on the flight you were originally booked on, in which case you are not charged the $100 anyway.
[This message has been edited by satish_ny (edited 09-07-2002).]
Sep 7, 2002, 8:52 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by satish_ny:
You are most likely not charged the $100 unless you are confirmed. I think the sequence would be:
1. You go the airport and let the check-in or gate agent know that you would like to standby for an earlier flight.
2. You are added to the standby list.
3. If you get confirmed, you are told to pay the $100 and your ticket is "reissued or revalidated" and a boarding pass for the ealier flight given.
4. If you do not get confirmed, you can either stand by for the next flight and repeat steps 2 and 3 or decide to travel on the flight you were originally booked on, in which case you are not charged the $100 anyway.
[This message has been edited by satish_ny (edited 09-07-2002).]</font>
You are most likely not charged the $100 unless you are confirmed. I think the sequence would be:
1. You go the airport and let the check-in or gate agent know that you would like to standby for an earlier flight.
2. You are added to the standby list.
3. If you get confirmed, you are told to pay the $100 and your ticket is "reissued or revalidated" and a boarding pass for the ealier flight given.
4. If you do not get confirmed, you can either stand by for the next flight and repeat steps 2 and 3 or decide to travel on the flight you were originally booked on, in which case you are not charged the $100 anyway.
[This message has been edited by satish_ny (edited 09-07-2002).]</font>
Sep 7, 2002, 9:21 am
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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I think this new rule is the most idiotic rule the have made yet...If there is an available seat on an earlier flight why wouldn't the airline want it filled...If there are other problems later in the day (weather, mechanical) or if they get a last minute walk up purchase they would have more seats to accomodate them on those later flights.
Am I nuts??
Am I nuts??