I don’t understand how someone gets put on standby. Is there some sort of standby ticket? If so, how.. and do people really go through all the hassle of going to an airport while having a possibility of going home?
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Airlines oversell flights since a portion of passengers change, cancel or don’t show up for there scheduled flight. Standby passengers literally wait at the boarding gate to see if there is an empty seat you can sit in to get where you are going. Because you don’t have a reserved seat, the price is usually cheaper, but there is no guarantee you could leave that day (or two).
Sometimes its an emergency (parent needing to get to a sick child and the computer says there are no seats available on the plane) or it is a regularly scheduled flight and you’re at the airport early and want to get home quicker. Ask the counter at check in if you can catch the earlier flight. If your ticket allows changes and there’s space available on an earlier flight, you could get home at 4pm instead of waiting for hours in the waiting room and get home at 7pm.
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