As I flew WN only once, accept my ignorance due to lack of frequent trips on them :) I stand corrected.. BAHA Fan of AirTran and JetBlue only then :) -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of damiross2@attbi.com Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 8:15 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: American to Charge for Stand-By Flights Southwest does charge for standby flights. If you are on a restricted ticket and desire to go on an earlier flight or miss your flight, you are charged the difference between your fare and the unrestricted fare. > For now only US and AA are doing this. Hopefully the other ones > will not follow suit. It's amazing that half a decade ago the > change fee was $50. 100% increase in 5 years is the best return > on investment :) > > Well, this will devert more and more customers to AirTran, JetBlue > and Southwest.. Godspeed to them...