- Flying standby used to mean showing up at the airport without a ticket and trying to land a discounted seat on an undersold flight.
- Now, you often need a ticket to be eligible to fly standby, but you may be able to catch an earlier flight, get an upgraded seat, or fly to a different airport in your destination city.
- The rules and fees for doing so differ based on a number of factors.
Flying standby used to mean landing cheap, last-minute tickets.
In some cases, you could show up at the airport without a ticket and wait at the reservations desk and hope read more >>>
Source : BusinessInsider.Com