Thread: Standby on a connecting flight instead of direct?

I don't think OLCI will offer same-day confirmed that would go from a direct routing to a connecting, which is why I asked about standby. This is something I expect to have to do at the airport on the day of flight, if it's going to work at all. The flights in question actually look better going SEA-PDX-LAS than SEA-LAS at the time I want to move to (the PDX-LAS flight has a lot more open seats, whereas SEA-LAS is very close to...

You could stand-by with the added connection but, in your example, there would be no guarantee for the PDX-LAX/LAS segment. They'd probably encourage you to do same-day confirmed.

Quote: Originally Posted by COpltASgldPHX You could stand-by with the added connection but, in your example, there would be no guarantee for the PDX-LAX/LAS segment. They'd probably encourage you to do same-day confirmed. I was under the impression (both from personal experience [though it's been awhile] and helping family members with their travel arrangements) that the same-day standby and same-day confirmed changes were valid for...