Everything you wanted to know about the confirmed same-day change process
Nov 20, 2006, 5:58 pm
#136
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: DEN
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Originally Posted by LAX UA 1K
Your booking is not cancelled until after midnight of the date of travel.
Originally Posted by LAX UA 1K
I do not know what UA would actually do if you were standing by for flights today and didn't get on any of them.
Nov 20, 2006, 6:37 pm
#137
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Los Angeles, USA
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Originally Posted by espostor
I am almost positive that in a flat-tire situation UA would just keep issuing you DMCs for standby until you got out, right on into the next day -- this definitely happens to people who miss the last flight(s) of the night. The difference is that I don't believe you'd have disserviced passenger priority, unless you convinced an agent to give it to you, as you would if you were on standby due to weather or mechanical issues.
Charles
Nov 20, 2006, 7:06 pm
#138
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: DEN
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Originally Posted by LAX UA 1K
That's not my question.
Originally Posted by LAX UA 1K
My question is what would UA do with me then?
At that point, you could always, as a res agent once told me, go to the gate agents and "see how far your status will carry you."
Nov 20, 2006, 7:12 pm
#139
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago
Posts: 887
Originally Posted by espostor
My apologies. Your paragraph started with a reference to the benefits of the flat-tire rule, and I misinterpreted from there.
thanks!
Nov 20, 2006, 7:22 pm
#140
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: DEN
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Originally Posted by hellyea
Can someone point me to a section/post that explains the flat tire rule?
Code:
STANDBY FOR U.S. 50 STATES / SJU/STT / CANADA
THIS INCLUDES OA CODE SHARE THAT IS UA OPERATED*
`INTERNATIONAL: STANDBY NOT PERMITTED)
OVERVIEW...................................>S*R.A;
REFUNDABLE FARES...........................>S*R.B;
NON-REFUNDABLE FARES.......................>S*R.C;
MISSED TRIP PROVISION......................>S*R.D;
...snip...
MISSED TRIP PROVISIONS:
-----------------------
`FOR INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES SEE: >S*FAR/RULE 80;)
IF THE PASSENGER HOLDING CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS AND
TICKETS MISSES THE FLIGHT AND PRESENTS HIMSELF/HERSELF
AT THE UA DEPARTURE AIRPORT TICKET COUNTER AFTER THE
CLOSE OUT OF THE SCHEDULED FLIGHT AND NO LATER THAN 2
HOURS AFTER THE SCHEDULED DEPARTURE TIME: THE PASSENGER
WILL BE ACCOMMODATED ON A STANDBY BASIS ON THE NEXT
AVAILABLE UA FLIGHT `EVEN IF THE NEXT DAY) AND THE
SERVICE CHARGE/CHANGE FEE WILL BE WAIVED.
Dec 20, 2006, 5:17 pm
#141
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OLCI night before?
Bumping this up. I think UNITED959 kind of answered this in post 95, but I want to check with you all to see if this is still possible.
-OLCI the day before for my original flight. Get BPs for the original flight (just in case the standby doesn't go through).
-On the day of, go to OLCI and do the confirmed standby.
-Request upgrades and get BPs for the new flight at the same time.
-No need to stop by at the counter.
Is that right? Thanks!
-OLCI the day before for my original flight. Get BPs for the original flight (just in case the standby doesn't go through).
-On the day of, go to OLCI and do the confirmed standby.
-Request upgrades and get BPs for the new flight at the same time.
-No need to stop by at the counter.
Is that right? Thanks!
Dec 20, 2006, 9:39 pm
#142
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 591
$25 confirmed standby and confirmed upgrades?
How does the confirmed standby work out when an upgrade is applied?
I purchased a regular coach fare and had my travel agent upgrade it using some confirmed regional upgrade certificates. If i want to take a later flight is it possible for me to use the $25 confirmed standby option 4 hours before and stay in first class???
I purchased a regular coach fare and had my travel agent upgrade it using some confirmed regional upgrade certificates. If i want to take a later flight is it possible for me to use the $25 confirmed standby option 4 hours before and stay in first class???
Dec 20, 2006, 9:54 pm
#143
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Los Angeles, USA
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How does the confirmed standby work out when an upgrade is applied?
I purchased a regular coach fare and had my travel agent upgrade it using some confirmed regional upgrade certificates. If i want to take a later flight is it possible for me to use the $25 confirmed standby option 4 hours before and stay in first class???
I purchased a regular coach fare and had my travel agent upgrade it using some confirmed regional upgrade certificates. If i want to take a later flight is it possible for me to use the $25 confirmed standby option 4 hours before and stay in first class???
Charles
Dec 20, 2006, 10:13 pm
#144
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Bumping this up. I think UNITED959 kind of answered this in post 95, but I want to check with you all to see if this is still possible.
-OLCI the day before for my original flight. Get BPs for the original flight (just in case the standby doesn't go through).
-On the day of, go to OLCI and do the confirmed standby.
-Request upgrades and get BPs for the new flight at the same time.
-No need to stop by at the counter.
Is that right? Thanks!
-OLCI the day before for my original flight. Get BPs for the original flight (just in case the standby doesn't go through).
-On the day of, go to OLCI and do the confirmed standby.
-Request upgrades and get BPs for the new flight at the same time.
-No need to stop by at the counter.
Is that right? Thanks!
Dec 21, 2006, 7:46 am
#145
Join Date: Nov 2001
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It looks like all the flights I wanted to get on are zeroed out in Y, so I probably won't be able to use the confirmed standby anyway. 
The thought behind checking in twice was a) to get on the UGDG list as soon as possible on my original flight, in case the standby fell through and b) to get on the earlier flight (and try to get on the UGDG list too 
). Oh well. I guess I'll have to hope my u/g for my original flight clears at the gate...
The thought behind checking in twice was a) to get on the UGDG list as soon as possible on my original flight, in case the standby fell through and b) to get on the earlier flight (and try to get on the UGDG list too ). Oh well. I guess I'll have to hope my u/g for my original flight clears at the gate...
Dec 21, 2006, 8:16 am
#146
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I just got off the phone with UA reservations and the agent told me he is 100% sure that you can do the confirmed standby even a day later as long as you call 4 hours before the flight you want to take. from the posts on this board i dont believe him 
it looks like you need to fly the same day i asked him twice he then assured me its not a problem ?????????
it looks like you need to fly the same day i asked him twice he then assured me its not a problem ?????????
Dec 21, 2006, 8:53 am
#147
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I just got off the phone with UA reservations and the agent told me he is 100% sure that you can do the confirmed standby even a day later as long as you call 4 hours before the flight you want to take. from the posts on this board i dont believe him it looks like you need to fly the same day i asked him twice he then assured me its not a problem ?????????
it looks like you need to fly the same day i asked him twice he then assured me its not a problem ?????????
Dec 21, 2006, 1:50 pm
#148
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first off thank you for confirming
second is it possible for me to fly standby the next day? i have no time constraints at all and could fly at any time
i would be happy to pay the 100 dollar change fee but united said they cant change it because i went thru a travel agency and they sad they want 200 dollars to change the ticket 100 of therir own fee plus 100 united fee. is there anyway i can get united to change it.
its impossible to call united right now and out of sympathy to the thousands of stranded people trying to get in touch i dont want to tie up the lines and ask united this right now so thanks in advance!!!!
second is it possible for me to fly standby the next day? i have no time constraints at all and could fly at any time
i would be happy to pay the 100 dollar change fee but united said they cant change it because i went thru a travel agency and they sad they want 200 dollars to change the ticket 100 of therir own fee plus 100 united fee. is there anyway i can get united to change it.
its impossible to call united right now and out of sympathy to the thousands of stranded people trying to get in touch i dont want to tie up the lines and ask united this right now so thanks in advance!!!!
Dec 21, 2006, 3:22 pm
#149
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"confirmed standby" all the way down the line for $25?
different "$25 confirmed standby" (have asked before, but no takers): How far "downstream" can one make use of it? What I mean is:
One is ticketed to fly A-B-C-B-A all in the same day (mileage run). They can call within 4 hours of the flight they wish to substitute for their originally scheduled flight (A-B) and get $25 confirmed standby" on an earlier (or later) substitutable flight, so long as there are still unsold seats in Economy. And for that same $25 one can get "confirmed standby" on a flight to substitute for B-C too, provided there are still unsold seats in Economy on the flight to be substitute for the originally booked one, though the scheduled departure of B is more than 4 hours away. (Reservationist was quite clear that it would work this way.) So...how far "downstream" could one take this? Could they change all their flights to earlier ones for the same $25, provided of course the seats were there, even C-B and B-A, though those would be the return?
Any one ever try this? Might it depend on how "cooperative" a reservationist one was dealing with?
One is ticketed to fly A-B-C-B-A all in the same day (mileage run). They can call within 4 hours of the flight they wish to substitute for their originally scheduled flight (A-B) and get $25 confirmed standby" on an earlier (or later) substitutable flight, so long as there are still unsold seats in Economy. And for that same $25 one can get "confirmed standby" on a flight to substitute for B-C too, provided there are still unsold seats in Economy on the flight to be substitute for the originally booked one, though the scheduled departure of B is more than 4 hours away. (Reservationist was quite clear that it would work this way.) So...how far "downstream" could one take this? Could they change all their flights to earlier ones for the same $25, provided of course the seats were there, even C-B and B-A, though those would be the return?
Any one ever try this? Might it depend on how "cooperative" a reservationist one was dealing with?
Feb 11, 2007, 12:28 am
#150
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 397
Can I do a confirmed standby on a multiairport city (i.e. IAD/DCA)? The agents are telling me that I cannot. They are saying that I can do regular standby for it, but not confirmed standby. Is this true?