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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So, to clarify a lot of wrong information on here.
You HAVE to have a confirmed ticket for later that day and most airlines will have standby options for earlier in the day. They usually follow the same route so direct confirmed=direct standby, or going through the same connection in case your second leg is full and you don’t get your standby spot on that and you end up taking your originally scheduled flight.
You can take checked bags however there’s a decent risk that they won’t arrive on the earlier flight and may end up on your original flight anyways.
As for overbooking and standby, if a plane holds 100 passengers and they overlook by 4 (its not 10% no airline would overbook 30 seats on a 300 seat aircraft and handle compensation for that many people) those passengers get rolled over on the next available flight or another flight that works for them usually within 24 hours at most. If you get bumped due to overbooking you are entitled to compensation via a ticket voucher usually good for a year, and if you have to overnight the airline should comp the stay, some airlines do meal vouchers as well.
With that being said, don’t try to game the system. Book your tickets as soon as you can so you don’t fuck yourself last minute. Show up early. If you have to sit around on your phone for 45 min because the line wasn’t as long as normal, its still better than missing your plane by 5 minutes.
Last but by far the most important, the people working the flight are people too. They didn’t make whatever rule, policy, or price you’re pissed off about. You can be an ass hole but that is going to get you no where. Be an adult and understand shit happens and learn to take no for an answer.
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