On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Pete Theisen <[email protected]> wrote: > Stephen Russell wrote: > >>> I now have the tickets. Every one of them is marked "standby". >> >> I fly Standby 98% of the time. > > Hi Stephen, > > But you know they are "standby" when you buy them, this isn't a surprise > to you? ----------------------------
My wife is retired from Northwest Airlines so I do not BUY tickets. One of her perks with retirement is that we get to fly space available. Frequently I see people who are holding standby tickets that were paid for when the standby seating is occurring. >> >> What it means is that you do NOT have an assigned seat. When you >> check in you may be assigned because they know that they have seats >> available. If it is tight they will assign the seat to you at the >> gate. >> >> If you have to make a plane change or two the problem gets bigger. >> Only one change usually not a prob. > > It looks to me that I could be delayed up to 4 days per leg, and there > are two legs up and two legs back. There are two different airlines > involved, I will call them and get their take on it. -------------------------- Not sure how you see 4 days per leg but what ever? Sure I have not made a flight on the intended day. That is sew and far between all th other flights I take. The answer to why did I not make them is important. Mechanical issues on an earlier flight will allow those passengers to act as a standby as you do. The other is weather, where stuff happens and flights don't come in so everyone else is trying to leave early. In your situation for any of those events you would be placed on the plane before I would be. You paid $$ and I didn't. Who issued these tickets anyway, Priceline??? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
