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United standby - how does that work for connecting flights?
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news:AZ%ub.65199$1K.26921@edtnps84... On December 25, I have Flight 1465 leaving SEA at 4:40 PM to SFO and then a change to Flight 785 in SFO to SAN. If I stand by for an earlier flight, could I get a flight that changed planes in LAX (for example)? Or does the flight I stand by for have to have the same connections as the original flight? For me, you're running a risk if you re-route. If you travel SEA-LAX and then UA in LAX don't honour your ticket because the routing ain't right, you could be stuffed. Even if they do honour your ticket, if there's no space LAX-SAN, what will you do? I would stick to your route. Alternatively, if I stand by for an earlier SEA-SFO flight and get it, does that mean anything in respect to standing by for an earlier SFO-SAN flight? Not a thing. All standbys for earlier flights than those ticketed are done solely on the goodwill of whoever's at the airport that day. You can read all the policies you like but my experience has consistently been that you can never tell what will happen until you get there. I'm planning to arrive at the airport about 1 PM. I had to leave myself plenty of time, which is why I did not book an earlier flight. However, if I can get there earlier I would be happy about that. My 12-year-old daughter will also be with me, if that affects anything. We would not mind being seated separately. It shouldn't, apart from the fact that it's always harder to get 2 standby seats than one. A 12-year old is old enough to travel "alone" so she can sit on her own if needs be. You have earlier connections as follows: SEA-SFO at 120p and 330p SFO-SAN at 425p and 655p Your chances are fair, I'd say |
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United standby - how does that work for connecting flights?
Thanks for the response. I'll stick to the SEA-SFO-SAN routing. Is there a
way to tell how full a given flight is earlier in the day to help determine standby chances? Traveler "Traveller" wrote in message ... "Traveler" wrote in message news:AZ%ub.65199$1K.26921@edtnps84... On December 25, I have Flight 1465 leaving SEA at 4:40 PM to SFO and then a change to Flight 785 in SFO to SAN. If I stand by for an earlier flight, could I get a flight that changed planes in LAX (for example)? Or does the flight I stand by for have to have the same connections as the original flight? For me, you're running a risk if you re-route. If you travel SEA-LAX and then UA in LAX don't honour your ticket because the routing ain't right, you could be stuffed. Even if they do honour your ticket, if there's no space LAX-SAN, what will you do? I would stick to your route. Alternatively, if I stand by for an earlier SEA-SFO flight and get it, does that mean anything in respect to standing by for an earlier SFO-SAN flight? Not a thing. All standbys for earlier flights than those ticketed are done solely on the goodwill of whoever's at the airport that day. You can read all the policies you like but my experience has consistently been that you can never tell what will happen until you get there. I'm planning to arrive at the airport about 1 PM. I had to leave myself plenty of time, which is why I did not book an earlier flight. However, if I can get there earlier I would be happy about that. My 12-year-old daughter will also be with me, if that affects anything. We would not mind being seated separately. It shouldn't, apart from the fact that it's always harder to get 2 standby seats than one. A 12-year old is old enough to travel "alone" so she can sit on her own if needs be. You have earlier connections as follows: SEA-SFO at 120p and 330p SFO-SAN at 425p and 655p Your chances are fair, I'd say |
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United standby - how does that work for connecting flights?
"Traveler" wrote in message
news:hk7vb.102832$jy.21434@clgrps13... Thanks for the response. I'll stick to the SEA-SFO-SAN routing. Is there a way to tell how full a given flight is earlier in the day to help determine standby chances? If you have a tame TA, you can ask them to look at the flight and they can tell you how full it seems to be: for example, a typical flight will have 1-3 booking classes for first classes and maybe 10-15 for economy, as follows: First (Business on intl): C D J Economy: Y M B N X Q V ..... pretty much any letters can be used, it's the airline's choice. Y usually means full-fare economy, with other letters representing cheaper fares. If your ticket shows the tarriff, it will be something like YAPX14 (economy, advance-purchase, 14 days) although the number of combinations are endless. So, on a plane with say 150 seats in economy, you could have 50 seats free but the TA's booking computer might say: Y9 M9 B4 N2 X0 Q0 V0 which means that there are seats available at higher fares but no cheap ones, assuming "V" is a cheap tarriff. On CRSes, "9" means "at least 9" - it could be 50 or 100. So, your TA can tell you how it's looking. Or, you could check the website - go into the booking process but don't complete, and see if it would sell you a seat or two, and at what price. Or just call them and ask how full the flight is.. |
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