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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

Post: #2

Purely out of curiosity, what is standby? I've never heard of such a ticket before.

Post: #3

(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?

Post: #4

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.

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(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?

Post: #6

(06-01-2012 08:14 AM)chyamor Wrote:  

(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.