Has anyone ever tried traveling for a weekend gateway via standby? How much does a standby ticket cost? Lets say I wanted to do a friday night to saturday night or 6am early Sunday morning type of thing. This wouldnt be for swooping, just site seeing
Weekend air travel via standby
Purely out of curiosity, what is standby? I've never heard of such a ticket before.
Quote: (05-31-2012 06:03 PM)chyamor Wrote:
Has anyone ever tried traveling for a weekend gateway via standby? How much does a standby ticket cost? Lets say I wanted to do a friday night to saturday night or 6am early Sunday morning type of thing. This wouldnt be for swooping, just site seeing
What airline are you talking about? I don't think many US airlines offer standby anymore?
Yeah, I can't remember the last time I was on flight that wasn't full or pretty close to full. It might be better to go in the other direction. Book a seat on a flight that is always over-booked and volunteer when they ask for people to give up their seats in exchange for a travel voucher to use in the future.
Quote: (06-01-2012 07:58 AM)j r Wrote:
Yeah, I can't remember the last time I was on flight that wasn't full or pretty close to full. It might be better to go in the other direction. Book a seat on a flight that is always over-booked and volunteer when they ask for people to give up their seats in exchange for a travel voucher to use in the future.
Thats not a bad idea but how can you figure out which flights are overbooked ahead of time?
Quote: (06-01-2012 08:14 AM)chyamor Wrote:
Quote: (06-01-2012 07:58 AM)j r Wrote:
Yeah, I can't remember the last time I was on flight that wasn't full or pretty close to full. It might be better to go in the other direction. Book a seat on a flight that is always over-booked and volunteer when they ask for people to give up their seats in exchange for a travel voucher to use in the future.
Thats not a bad idea but how can you figure out which flights are overbooked ahead of time?
direct flights with the most limited frequency are a good bet, especially if they are cross country flights in the US. I was recently offered this opportunity when traveling to san jose.
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