On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, RT Simpson wrote: > > American Airlines said on Friday it will charge $100 for customers wanting > > to fly stand-by for an alternate flight on the day of their departure as it > > And they wonder why the dinosaurs disappeared! Here's another pea sized > brain oldline carrier gasping for air as it slips further into the tar pit. > Moves like this only make the public more enamored with Southwest and > JetBlue. What a bunch of > AA-holes! I don't know how JetBlue handles this, but I wouldn't necessarily hold WN up as being a model of how to handle same day standbys... My experience is that they will only let you standby if you're on a fullfare ticket, or are willing to upgrade to it. That could easily be more than $100. Not that I'm defending the practice, but WN is hardly the holy grail. Todd --- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - B. Franklin, 1759