Post integration - Stand by to a co-terminal?
Sep 6, 2013, 10:59 am
#31
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Anyone who can help in this regard, please PM me.
Sep 9, 2013, 4:49 pm
#33
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Oct 7, 2013, 9:20 am
#34
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Did a same day turn MR yesterday. Return was LAX-IAD-LGA. Deplaned in LAX and the adjacent gate was finishing up boarding LAX-EWR. Asked the gate agent if I could get on. She asked my status, asked for my PNR....click, click, click....about 60 seconds later I had my boarding pass. No other questions asked. BP showed Y, although UA.com shows that it was rebooked into L.
Not sure if this was handled as a SDC or standby, but figured it was a worthy data point to post. (I found this thread trying to search whether or not I'd be able to make such a change).
Not sure if this was handled as a SDC or standby, but figured it was a worthy data point to post. (I found this thread trying to search whether or not I'd be able to make such a change).
Oct 7, 2013, 9:25 am
#35
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Did a same day turn MR yesterday. Return was LAX-IAD-LGA. Deplaned in LAX and the adjacent gate was finishing up boarding LAX-EWR. Asked the gate agent if I could get on. She asked my status, asked for my PNR....click, click, click....about 60 seconds later I had my boarding pass. No other questions asked. BP showed Y, although UA.com shows that it was rebooked into L.
Not sure if this was handled as a SDC or standby, but figured it was a worthy data point to post. (I found this thread trying to search whether or not I'd be able to make such a change).
Not sure if this was handled as a SDC or standby, but figured it was a worthy data point to post. (I found this thread trying to search whether or not I'd be able to make such a change).
Nov 9, 2013, 10:00 pm
#37
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Thoughts on getting on a flight to DCA instead of BWI
Flying redeye TCON to BWI through ORD. Just learned that I may need to go to DCA instead of BWI. I won't know until I connect in ORD that morning due to factors beyond my control.
Is there a way to do this @ORD without getting hosed? Best way to proceed?
Follow up Q: does anyone know if there are shower facilities @DCA?
Is there a way to do this @ORD without getting hosed? Best way to proceed?
Follow up Q: does anyone know if there are shower facilities @DCA?
Nov 9, 2013, 10:41 pm
#39
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BWI is generally a much less expensive ticket than DCA. If there were a simple way to book the first and then switch your destination to the second, a lot of people would be doing it.
Nov 10, 2013, 6:17 am
#42
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This is a good suggestion for travel on weekdays. MARC doesn't operate on weekends, though it plans to begin limited weekend service in December. An alternative is to take the B-30 Metro bus from BWI (the airport itself, not the airport train station) nonstop to the Greenbelt Metro station and then take Metrorail from there. The bus runs every 40 minutes. I prefer the MARC train myself, but both methods work.
Nov 10, 2013, 7:27 am
#44
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There are no shower facilities at DCA nor are there any at BWI. Not sure what your schedule is like but grabbing MARC into DC or taking a cab is probably easiest.
When you get to ORD you could try and push the co-terminal point to a CSR but doubt they'll make it easy for you to change. Also, are you checking bags? Might behoove you to call the elite line and see if they can change for no fee but doubt it.
Think your best bet is to stick with BWI then train or cab into the Capitol.
When you get to ORD you could try and push the co-terminal point to a CSR but doubt they'll make it easy for you to change. Also, are you checking bags? Might behoove you to call the elite line and see if they can change for no fee but doubt it.
Think your best bet is to stick with BWI then train or cab into the Capitol.
Nov 10, 2013, 8:00 am
#45
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Can be expensive though, and if you just miss one you're cooling your heels at the train station for a long time. I mostly use MARC weekdays, the B30 if I've just missed a MARC or it's the weekend, and there's also a Montgomery County bus that will take you to Shady Grove Metro for $5.00 -- handy if you have to go to NW DC, Bethesda / Rockville, etc. The Shady Grove bus is a proper intercity Greyhound-class bus, the B30 is an ordinary city transit bus whipped along at freeway speeds on the Balto-Washington parkway... the former is a preferable ride if it works for you.